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monticellus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From monticulus (small mountain) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix). Attested from ca. 500 CE.[1]

Noun

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monticellus m (genitive monticellī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. diminutive of mōns (mountain)

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative monticellus monticellī
genitive monticellī monticellōrum
dative monticellō monticellīs
accusative monticellum monticellōs
ablative monticellō monticellīs
vocative monticelle monticellī
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “montĭcĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 120

Further reading

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