vilis

See also: Vilis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *weslis, from Proto-Indo-European *weslis, a deverbal adjective with passive meaning ("which can be bought"), from the root of venus (“sale”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.lis/, [ˈu̯iːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.lis/, [ˈviːlis]

Adjective

vīlis (neuter vīle, comparative vīlior, superlative vīlissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. cheap, inexpensive

   Antonyms: pretiōsus, cārus, impēnsus, dīves, antīquus

2. base, vile, mean, worthless, cheap, paltry

   Synonyms: inānis, miser

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	vīlis	vīle		vīlēs	vīlia
Genitive	vīlis			vīlium
Dative	vīlī			vīlibus
Accusative	vīlem	vīle		vīlēs vīlīs	vīlia
Ablative	vīlī			vīlibus
Vocative	vīlis	vīle		vīlēs	vīlia

Derived terms

• vīlificō
• vīlipendium
• vīliter
• vīlitās
• vīlitō
• vīlēscō
• ēvīlēscō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: vil
• → English: vile
• French: vil, vile
• Friulian: vîl
• Italian: vile
• Piedmontese: vil
• Portuguese: vil
• Romanian: vil
• Sicilian: vili
• Spanish: vil

References

• “vilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to buy cheaply: parvo, vili pretio or bene emere
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN