cavannus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *cauannos, from Proto-Celtic *kawannos (“owl”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaːˈu̯an.nus/, [käːˈu̯änːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈvan.nus/, [käˈvänːus]

Noun

cāvannus m (genitive cāvannī); second declension

1. tawny owl

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cāvannus	cāvannī
Genitive	cāvannī	cāvannōrum
Dative	cāvannō	cāvannīs
Accusative	cāvannum	cāvannōs
Ablative	cāvannō	cāvannīs
Vocative	cāvanne	cāvannī

Descendants

• Old French: chavan
  • Middle French: chavan
  • Angevin: chahon, chohon, chéhon, choin
  • Berrichon: chavon
  • Norman: cahouain (Jèrriais)
  • Picard: cavan
  • Poitevin: chaon
  • Saintongeais: chavan
• Old Occitan: chavan, chauana
  • Occitan: chavant, chavancou

References

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