ovillus
Latin
Etymology
Apparently from ovīnus (“sheep-”) + -lus (diminutive suffix), although ovīnus is not directly attested until Serenus Sammonicus.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈu̯iːl.lus/, [oˈu̯iːlːʲʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈvil.lus/, [oˈvilːus]
Adjective
ovīllus (feminine ovīlla, neuter ovīllum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of, belonging, or pertaining to sheep.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ovīllus | ovīlla | ovīllum | ovīllī | ovīllae | ovīlla | |
| Genitive | ovīllī | ovīllae | ovīllī | ovīllōrum | ovīllārum | ovīllōrum | |
| Dative | ovīllō | ovīllō | ovīllīs | ||||
| Accusative | ovīllum | ovīllam | ovīllum | ovīllōs | ovīllās | ovīlla | |
| Ablative | ovīllō | ovīllā | ovīllō | ovīllīs | |||
| Vocative | ovīlle | ovīlla | ovīllum | ovīllī | ovīllae | ovīlla | |
References
- "Latin Diminutives in -Ello/A- and -Illo/A-: A Study in Diminutive Formation." George Kleppinger Strodach. Language, Vol. 9, No. 1, Language Dissertation No. 14 (Mar., 1933), pp. 7-98. Linguistic Society of America, http://www.jstor.org/stable/522000
Further reading
- “ovillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ovillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers