pinnaculum

Latin

Etymology

From pinna +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pinˈnaː.ku.lum/, [pɪnˈnaː.kʊ.ɫũ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pinˈna.ku.lum/, [pinˈnaː.ku.lum]

Noun

pinnāculum n (genitive pinnāculī); second declension

(Late Latin) a peak, pinnacle

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pinnāculum	pinnācula
Genitive	pinnāculī	pinnāculōrum
Dative	pinnāculō	pinnāculīs
Accusative	pinnāculum	pinnācula
Ablative	pinnāculō	pinnāculīs
Vocative	pinnāculum	pinnācula

Descendants

English: pinnacle (borrowing)
French: pinacle (borrowing)
Italian: pennacchio (“plume”) (inherited), pinnacolo (“pinnacle”) (probably borrowed), (possibly) pinnacolo (“pinochle”) (borrowing)
- French: panache
  - English: panache
  - Italian: panache
  - Portuguese: penacho
  - Romanian: panaș
  - Spanish: penacho
Portuguese: pináculo (borrowing)
Spanish: pináculo (borrowing)

References

pinnaculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
pinnaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
pinnaculum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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