cavilla

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Italian

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Verb

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cavilla

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(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".[1] Not related to calvor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cavilla f (genitive cavillae); first declension

  1. jeering, raillery, scoffing

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cavilla cavillae
Genitive cavillae cavillārum
Dative cavillae cavillīs
Accusative cavillam cavillās
Ablative cavillā cavillīs
Vocative cavilla cavillae

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN