ervilia

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ervum (“vetch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /erˈu̯i.li.a/, [ɛrˈu̯ɪlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈvi.li.a/, [erˈviːliä]

Noun

ervilia f (genitive erviliae); first declension

1. (botany) A type of vetch.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ervilia	erviliae
Genitive	erviliae	erviliārum
Dative	erviliae	erviliīs
Accusative	erviliam	erviliās
Ablative	erviliā	erviliīs
Vocative	ervilia	erviliae

Related terms

• ervum

Descendants

• Galician: ervella
• Italian: rubiglio
• Portuguese: ervilha
• Spanish: arveja, ervilla
• → Albanian: rrylë
• → English: ervil

References

• “ervilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ervilia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.