cavilla

ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

cavilla

third-person singular present indicative of cavillare
second-person singular imperative of cavillare

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

cavillum

EtymologyEdit

(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.

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈwil.la/, [kaˈwɪl̠.l̠a]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈvil.la/

NounEdit

cavilla f (genitive cavillae); first declension

jeering, raillery, scoffing

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

cavillor

ReferencesEdit

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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