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Latin
Etymology
Diminutive form of hīra.
Pronunciation
Noun
hīllae f pl (genitive hīllārum); first declension (plural only)
- (anatomy) The smaller and anterior intestines of animals
- intestines, entrails
- 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.