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aucellus

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Latin

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Etymology

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    Masculinisation of aucella, contraction of avicella, diminutive of avicula, itself a diminutive of avis f (“bird”). Attested from the fourth century CE.[1]

    Noun

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    aucellus m (genitive aucellī); second declension (Late Latin)

    1. (little) bird
    2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) sparrow[2]

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative aucellus aucellī
    genitive aucellī aucellōrum
    dative aucellō aucellīs
    accusative aucellum aucellōs
    ablative aucellō aucellīs
    vocative aucelle aucellī

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “aucellus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 796
    2. ^ “Archived copy of AUCELLUS”, in DicoLatin‎[1], 13 June 2016 (last accessed), archived from the original on 29 April 2019
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