cavilla
Italian
Verb
cavilla
- third-person singular present indicative of cavillare
- second-person singular imperative of cavillare
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
(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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈu̯il.la/, [käˈu̯ɪlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈvil.la/, [käˈvilːä]
Noun
cavilla f (genitive cavillae); first declension
Declension
First-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
References
- “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