cavilla

Italian edit

Verb edit

cavilla

inflection of cavillare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams edit

cavalli, vacilla

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

cavillum

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What suffix?”) From cavus (“hollow”), used figuratively as "hollow speech".^[1] Not related to calvor.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈu̯il.la/, [käˈu̯ɪlːʲä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈvil.la/, [käˈvilːä]

Noun edit

cavilla f (genitive cavillae); first declension

jeering, raillery, scoffing

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cavilla	cavillae
Genitive	cavillae	cavillārum
Dative	cavillae	cavillīs
Accusative	cavillam	cavillās
Ablative	cavillā	cavillīs
Vocative	cavilla	cavillae

Derived terms edit

cavillor

References edit

“cavilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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