aucellus

Latin

Etymology

Masculinisation of aucella, contraction of avicella, diminutive of avicula, itself a diminutive of avis f (“bird”). Attested from the fourth century CE.[1]

Noun

aucellus m (genitive aucellī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. (little) bird
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) sparrow[2]

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative aucellus aucellī
genitive aucellī aucellōrum
dative aucellō aucellīs
accusative aucellum aucellōs
ablative aucellō aucellīs
vocative aucelle aucellī

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: acellu, ucellu, ocellu, aceddu
    • Istriot: uzai pl
    • Italian: uccello
    • Neapolitan: auciello
    • Sicilian: auceḍḍu, auceddu, ancieḍḍu, ancieddu, acieḍḍu, acieddu, aceḍḍu, aceddu, oceḍḍu, oceddu
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: usél
    • Old French: oisel, hoysel, oesel, oicel, oisal, oiseal, oiseaul, oiseel, oiseil, oisell, oiseul, oisil, oisseil, oissel, osel, ossel, oyseal, oysel, oysele, yseal
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Old Catalan: auzell, ausel, aucel
    • Gascon: ausèth, aujèth
    • Old Occitan: auzel, aucel, ausel, auzelh
      • Occitan: aucèl, ausèl, auseu
        Southern Lengadocian: ausèlh
        Vivaro-Alpine: oseu
      • → Italian: augello

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “aucellus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 796
  2. ^ “Archived copy of AUCELLUS”, in DicoLatin‎[1], 13 June 2016 (last accessed), archived from the original on 29 April 2019
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