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cavilla

cavilla · f

a jeering

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Where it lives

Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k

What it meant

1. căvilla — Lewis & Short

căvilla, ae, f.dim.perh. for calvilla, from calvor; but cf. Sanscr. kava, stingy,

I a jeering, raillery, scoffing (ante- and postclass., and very rare): aufer cavillam: non ego nunc nugas ago, * Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 11; Mart. Cap. 4, § 423.—Access. form căvil-lum, i, n., App. M. 1, p. 105; Aur. Vict. Epit. 9; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.

2. cavilla — Walde–Hofmann

cavilla, -ae f. (-um n. und -us m. spätl) „Neckerei, Stichelei, Sophisterei* (seit Plaut.), cavillor, atus sum, -üri ,necke, scherze, ziehe auf“ (seit Cic.; -ätiö , Neckerei, Ironie“ seit Plaut., -àtor , Aufzieher* seit Plaut. [cauli- Truc. 683, daher cavillis ib. scherzhaft umgekehrt für caulis): nach Prisc. gr. W431, 21, Rönsch Collect. philol. 194, Niedermann IA, 18, 75 aus *ealvilla zu calvor, calumnia; zum … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cavilla, p. 219]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cauilla (scan p. 131; entry #1932).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. cavilla (scan p. 219; entry #601).

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