milvinus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

mīlvus (kite) +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

Adjective

mīlvīnus (feminine mīlvīna, neuter mīlvīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) kite
  2. kite-like, rapacious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: *milānus

References

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