cavillor

Latin

Etymology

From cavilla (“jesting, banter”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈu̯il.lor/, [käˈu̯ɪlːʲɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈvil.lor/, [käˈvilːor]

Verb

cavillor (present infinitive cavillārī, perfect active cavillātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to jeer, mock, satirize

   Synonyms: spernō, contemnō, āspernor

2. to gainsay, quibble, or engage in sophistry

Conjugation

Conjugation of cavillor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cavillor	cavillāris, cavillāre	cavillātur	cavillāmur	cavillāminī	cavillantur
	imperfect	cavillābar	cavillābāris, cavillābāre	cavillābātur	cavillābāmur	cavillābāminī	cavillābantur
	future	cavillābor	cavillāberis, cavillābere	cavillābitur	cavillābimur	cavillābiminī	cavillābuntur
	perfect	cavillātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cavillātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cavillātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	caviller	cavillēris, cavillēre	cavillētur	cavillēmur	cavillēminī	cavillentur
	imperfect	cavillārer	cavillārēris, cavillārēre	cavillārētur	cavillārēmur	cavillārēminī	cavillārentur
	perfect	cavillātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cavillātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cavillāre	—	—	cavillāminī	—
	future	—	cavillātor	cavillātor	—	—	cavillantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cavillārī	cavillātum esse	cavillātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		cavillāns	cavillātus	cavillātūrus	—	—	cavillandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cavillandī	cavillandō	cavillandum	cavillandō	cavillātum	cavillātū

Derived terms

• cavillābundus
• cavillātiō
• cavillātor
• cavillātrix
• cavillātus

Descendants

• → Asturian: cavilar
• → English: cavil
• → Galician: cavilar
• → Italian: cavillare
• → Portuguese: cavilar
• → Spanish: cavilar

References

• “cavillor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cavillor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cavillor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.