suillus

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Latin

Etymology

From sus (“pig”), possibly through suīnus +‎ -lus. Compare ovīllus, bovīllus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

suīllus (feminine suīlla, neuter suīllum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. relational adjective of sūs. porcine, suilline
    Synonyms: suīnus, verrīnus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative suīllus suīlla suīllum suīllī suīllae suīlla
genitive suīllī suīllae suīllī suīllōrum suīllārum suīllōrum
dative suīllō suīllae suīllō suīllīs
accusative suīllum suīllam suīllum suīllōs suīllās suīlla
ablative suīllō suīllā suīllō suīllīs
vocative suīlle suīlla suīllum suīllī suīllae suīlla

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sicilian: ciuḍḍu
  • →⇒ English: suilline (learned)

References

  • “suillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “suillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suillus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • suillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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