milvus
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See also: Milvus
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown;[1] possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning stain or spot and also found in English mole, Lithuanian miēlės (“yeast”) and Ancient Greek μιαίνω (miaínō, “to taint, stain”).
Noun[edit]
mīlvus m (genitive mīlvī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mīlvus | mīlvī |
| Genitive | mīlvī | mīlvōrum |
| Dative | mīlvō | mīlvīs |
| Accusative | mīlvum | mīlvōs |
| Ablative | mīlvō | mīlvīs |
| Vocative | mīlve | mīlvī |
Derived terms[edit]
- mīlva
- Catalan: melva
- mīlvāgō
- mīlvīnus (see there for further descendants)
- nibulus (Late Latin, alteration)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- milvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “milvus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 779