ervilia

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ervum (vetch).

Pronunciation

Noun

ervilia f (genitive erviliae); first declension

  1. (botany) A type of vetch.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ervilia erviliae
genitive erviliae erviliārum
dative erviliae erviliīs
accusative erviliam erviliās
ablative erviliā erviliīs
vocative ervilia erviliae

Descendants

  • Galician: ervella
  • Italian: robiglia, rubiglia, rubiglio
  • Portuguese: ervilha
  • Spanish: arveja, ervilla
  • Albanian: rrylë
  • English: ervil

References

  • ervilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ervilia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.