avillus

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Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Italic *agʷṇlos, from *agʷnelos, from *agʷnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.

Pronunciation

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Noun

avillus m (genitive avillī); second declension

newborn lamb
- c. 2nd century, Sextus Pompeius Festus, De Verborum Significatione 5.492.17:
  Avillus: agnus recentis partus
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	avillus	avillī
genitive	avillī	avillōrum
dative	avillō	avillīs
accusative	avillum	avillōs
ablative	avillō	avillīs
vocative	aville	avillī

References

avillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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