milvus

See also: Milvus

Latin

Alternative forms

• mīluus

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning stain or spot and also found in English mole, Lithuanian miēlės (“yeast”) and Ancient Greek μιαίνω (miaínō, “to taint, stain”).

Noun

mīlvus m (genitive mīlvī); second declension

1. kite (bird)
2. gurnard (fish)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mīlvus	mīlvī
genitive	mīlvī	mīlvōrum
dative	mīlvō	mīlvīs
accusative	mīlvum	mīlvōs
ablative	mīlvō	mīlvīs
vocative	mīlve	mīlvī

Derived terms

• mīlva
  • Catalan: melva
• mīlvāgō
• mīlvīnus (see there for further descendants)
• nibulus (Late Latin, alteration)
  • Vulgar Latin: *niblus
    • Italian: nibbio
    • Friulian: nibli
    • Sicilian: nigghiu

Descendants

• Romansch: melv
• Vulgar Latin: *mīlus
  • ⇒ *milato
    • Asturian: milatu
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: *mĩato
      • Galician: miñato
• ⇒ Spanish: miloca

References

• milvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.