ovile

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin ovile.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈvi.le/
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Hyphenation: o‧vì‧le

Noun

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ovile m (plural ovili)

  1. fold (enclosure for sheep)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ovis +‎ -īle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ovīle n (genitive ovīlis); third declension

  1. a sheepfold
    Synonym: caulae

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ovīle ovīlia
Genitive ovīlis ovīlium
Dative ovīlī ovīlibus
Accusative ovīle ovīlia
Ablative ovīlī ovīlibus
Vocative ovīle ovīlia

Descendants

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  • Spanish: ovil
  • Italian: ovile

See also

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Further reading

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  • ovile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ovile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ovile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • ovile”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ovile”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
  • ovile”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin