ovile

Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ovile.

Noun

ovile m (plural ovili)

1. fold (enclosure for sheep)

Anagrams

• Elvio, olive, viole, voile

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Latin

Etymology

From ovis +‎ -īle.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈu̯iː.le/, [oˈu̯iːɫ̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈvi.le/, [oˈviːle]

Noun

ovīle n (genitive ovīlis); third declension

1. a sheepfold

Declension

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

Synonyms

• caulae

Descendants

• Spanish: ovil

See also

• suīle

References

• “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