cavilla
Italian
editVerb
editcavilla
- inflection of cavillare:
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editAlternative forms
editEtymology
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 Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈu̯il.la/, [käˈu̯ɪlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈvil.la/, [käˈvilːä]
Noun
editcavilla f (genitive cavillae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-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
editReferences
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