cavilla

Italian

Verb

cavilla

1. inflection of cavillare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• cavalli, vacilla

Latin

Alternative forms

• cavillum

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What suffix?”) From cavus (“hollow”), used figuratively as "hollow speech". Not related to calvor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈu̯il.la/, [käˈu̯ɪlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈvil.la/, [käˈvilːä]

Noun

cavilla f (genitive cavillae); first declension

1. jeering, raillery, scoffing

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cavilla	cavillae
genitive	cavillae	cavillārum
dative	cavillae	cavillīs
accusative	cavillam	cavillās
ablative	cavillā	cavillīs
vocative	cavilla	cavillae

Derived terms

• cavillor

References

• “cavilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press