aucellus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

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

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aucellus aucellī
Genitive aucellī aucellōrum
Dative aucellō aucellīs
Accusative aucellum aucellōs
Ablative aucellō aucellīs
Vocative aucelle aucellī

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

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