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cavilla
cavilla
Italian
Verb
cavilla
- third-person singular present indicative of cavillare
- second-person singular imperative of cavillare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From cavus (“hollow”), used figratively as "hollow speech".[1] Not related to calvor.
Alternative forms
- cavillum
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈwil.la/, [kaˈwɪl.la]
Noun
cavilla f (genitive cavillae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cavilla | cavillae |
| genitive | cavillae | cavillārum |
| dative | cavillae | cavillīs |
| accusative | cavillam | cavillās |
| ablative | cavillā | cavillīs |
| vocative | cavilla | cavillae |
Derived terms
References
- cavilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill