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villum

small quantity of wine

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What it meant

1. villum — de Vaan

villum 'small quantity of wine' (Ter.); vwibua 'female tippler of wine* (Lucil.). Pit *wmo-. It cognates: Fal. uinom, uino [acc.sg.], U. vinu [acc.sg.], vinu, uinuy Vol. uinu [abl.sg.] 'wine'. PIE *ueihr(o)n, *uihre/on-m, *uih r n- [m./f.] 'vine; wine\ IE cognates: Hit. uiian- [cj 'wine' < *uihron-, {a)Uiniiant- 'wine (deified)1, CLuw. uiniia- 'of wine', HLuw. wiiana/i- 'vine'; Gr. οίνος, dial, ροΐνος [mj, Arm. gini … — [de Vaan, s.v. villum, p. 694]

2. villum — Lewis & Short

villum, i, n.dim.contr. from vinulum, from vinum,

I a sup of wine: hoc villi, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 11.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. villum (scan pp. 694-695; entry #1997). Root candidates: *wmo-, *uihron-, *uoihfno-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. uillum (scan p. 762; entry #12707).

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