columnella

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

columnella (plural columnellae)

  1. (architecture) A small column
  2. Alternative form of columella.

Latin

Etymology

Alternative form of columella (from columen/columna + -lus with assimilation of /nl/ to /ll/), reanalyzed as columna +‎ -ella.

Noun

columnella f (genitive columnellae); first declension

  1. alternative form of columella

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative columnella columnellae
genitive columnellae columnellārum
dative columnellae columnellīs
accusative columnellam columnellās
ablative columnellā columnellīs
vocative columnella columnellae

References

  • columnella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • columnella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.