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Italian
Etymology
From Latin ovile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈvi.le/
- Rhymes: -ile
- Hyphenation: o‧vì‧le
Noun
ovile m (plural ovili)
- fold (enclosure for sheep)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From ovis + -īle.
Pronunciation
Noun
ovīle n (genitive ovīlis); third declension
- a sheepfold
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Synonyms
Descendants
See also
References
- “ovile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ovile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ovile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ovile”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ovile”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- “ovile”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin