cavillor

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Latin

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Etymology

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From cavilla (jesting, banter) +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cavillor (present infinitive cavillārī, perfect active cavillātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to jeer, mock, satirize
    Synonyms: spernō, contemnō, āspernor
  2. to gainsay, quibble, or engage in sophistry

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of cavillor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cavillor cavillāris,
cavillāre
cavillātur cavillāmur cavillāminī cavillantur
imperfect cavillābar cavillābāris,
cavillābāre
cavillābātur cavillābāmur cavillābāminī cavillābantur
future cavillābor cavillāberis,
cavillābere
cavillābitur cavillābimur cavillābiminī cavillābuntur
perfect cavillātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cavillātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cavillātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present caviller cavillēris,
cavillēre
cavillētur cavillēmur cavillēminī cavillentur
imperfect cavillārer cavillārēris,
cavillārēre
cavillārētur cavillārēmur cavillārēminī cavillārentur
perfect cavillātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cavillātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cavillāre cavillāminī
future cavillātor cavillātor cavillantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cavillārī cavillātum esse cavillātūrum esse
participles cavillāns cavillātus cavillātūrus cavillandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cavillandī cavillandō cavillandum cavillandō cavillātum cavillātū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Asturian: cavilar
  • English: cavil
  • Galician: cavilar
  • Italian: cavillare
  • Portuguese: cavilar
  • Spanish: cavilar

References

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