milvus

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Latin

Alternative forms

mīluus

Etymology

Unknown;^[1] possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning stain or spot and also found in English mole, Lithuanian miēlės (“yeast”) and Ancient Greek μιαίνω (miaínō, “to taint, stain”).

Noun

mīlvus m (genitive mīlvī); second declension

kite (bird)
gurnard (fish)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mīlvus	mīlvī
genitive	mīlvī	mīlvōrum
dative	mīlvō	mīlvīs
accusative	mīlvum	mīlvōs
ablative	mīlvō	mīlvīs
vocative	mīlve	mīlvī

Derived terms

mīlva
- Catalan: melva
mīlvāgō
mīlvīnus (see there for further descendants)
nibulus (Late Latin, alteration)
- Vulgar Latin: *niblus
  - Italian: nibbio
  - Friulian: nibli
  - Sicilian: nigghiu

Descendants

Romansch: melv
Vulgar Latin: *mīlus
- ⇒ *milato
  - Asturian: milatu
  - Old Galician-Portuguese: *mĩato
    - Galician: miñato
⇒ Spanish: miloca

References

milvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “milvus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 779

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