milvinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• mīluīnus

Etymology

mīlvus (“kite”) +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /miːlˈu̯iː.nus/, [miːɫ̪ˈu̯iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /milˈvi.nus/, [milˈviːnus]

Adjective

mīlvīnus (feminine mīlvīna, neuter mīlvīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) kite
2. kite-like, rapacious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīlvīnus	mīlvīna	mīlvīnum		mīlvīnī	mīlvīnae	mīlvīna
Genitive	mīlvīnī	mīlvīnae	mīlvīnī		mīlvīnōrum	mīlvīnārum	mīlvīnōrum
Dative	mīlvīnō		mīlvīnō		mīlvīnīs
Accusative	mīlvīnum	mīlvīnam	mīlvīnum		mīlvīnōs	mīlvīnās	mīlvīna
Ablative	mīlvīnō	mīlvīnā	mīlvīnō		mīlvīnīs
Vocative	mīlvīne	mīlvīna	mīlvīnum		mīlvīnī	mīlvīnae	mīlvīna

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *milānus
  • Old Occitan: milan
    • Catalan: milà
    • Occitan: milan
    • → French: milan
      • → German: Milan
      • → Romanian: milan
  • West Iberian
    • Portuguese: milhano
    • Spanish: milano
    • ⇒? Portuguese: milhafre

References

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