hillae

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of hīra.

Pronunciation

Noun

hīllae f pl (genitive hīllārum); first declension (plural only)

  1. (anatomy) The smaller and anterior intestines of animals
  2. intestines, entrails
  3. A kind of sausage

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

References

  • hillae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hillae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hillae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.