aucellus
Latin
Etymology
Masculinisation of aucella, contraction of avicella, diminutive of avicula, itself a diminutive of avis f (“bird”). Attested from the fourth century CE.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /au̯ˈkɛllʊs/
Noun
aucellus m (genitive aucellī); second declension (Late Latin)
- (little) bird
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) sparrow[2]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aucellus | aucellī |
| Genitive | aucellī | aucellōrum |
| Dative | aucellō | aucellīs |
| Accusative | aucellum | aucellōs |
| Ablative | aucellō | aucellīs |
| Vocative | aucelle | aucellī |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: acellu, ucellu, ocellu, aceddu
- Istriot: uzai pl
- Italian: uccello
- → Ido: ucelo
- Neapolitan: auciello
- Sicilian: aceddu, acieddu, ancieddu, auceddu, uceddu
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Emilian: usel
- Ligurian: oxello
- Lombard: usel, osel
- Piedmontese: osel, ausel, usel
- Friulian: uciel
- Romansch: utschè, utschi; utschel
- Venetian: oxeło, oxèƚo, oxèl; oṡeo, oseo
- Gallo-Italic:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: usél, ouazé, uizé, ouâjé, ojí
- Old French: oisel
- Bourguignon: ouseâ
- French: oiseau
- Gallo: ouézai
- Lorrain: ougeil, ougé (Barrois)
- Norman: ouaîsé, ouésé; ouaîthé; weze
- Picard: oisieu
- Tourangeau: ouésiau, osiau
- Walloon: oujhea
- Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: auzell, ausel, aucel
- Catalan: ocell, aucell, auzell
- Gascon: ausèth, aujèth
- Old Occitan: auzel, aucel, ausel, auzelh
- Occitan: aucèl, ausèl, auseu
- Southern Lengadocian: ausèlh
- Vivaro-Alpine: oseu
- → Italian: augello
- Occitan: aucèl, ausèl, auseu
- Old Catalan: auzell, ausel, aucel
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “aucellus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 796
- “Archived copy of AUCELLUS”, in DicoLatin, accessed 13 June 2016, archived from the original on 2019-04-29