ovile

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ovile.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ovile m (plural ovili)

1. fold (enclosure for sheep)

Anagrams

• Elvio, olive, viole, voile

Latin

Etymology

From ovis +‎ -īle.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔˈwiː.ɫɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [oˈviː.le]

Noun

ovīle n (genitive ovīlis); third declension

1. a sheepfold

   Synonym: caulae

   • Lucas, XII XXXI-XXXII:

     Sed quærite Deī rēgnum, & hæc omnia vōbīs addentur. Nē formīdāte, o parvum ovīle: nam vīsum est patrī vestrō vōbīs dāre rēgnum.

     But see the kingdom of God, & all this will be added to you. Don't ... , o little sheepfold:

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	ovīle	ovīlia
genitive	ovīlis	ovīlium
dative	ovīlī	ovīlibus
accusative	ovīle	ovīlia
ablative	ovīlī	ovīlibus
vocative	ovīle	ovīlia

Descendants

• Spanish: ovil
• Italian: ovile

See also

• suīle

Further reading

• “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