milvus
See also: Milvus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown;[1] possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning stain or spot and also found in English mole, Lithuanian miēlės (“yeast”) and Ancient Greek μιαίνω (miaínō, “to taint, stain”).
Noun
mīlvus m (genitive mīlvī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mīlvus | mīlvī |
| genitive | mīlvī | mīlvōrum |
| dative | mīlvō | mīlvīs |
| accusative | mīlvum | mīlvōs |
| ablative | mīlvō | mīlvīs |
| vocative | mīlve | mīlvī |
Derived terms
- mīlva
- Catalan: melva
- mīlvāgō
- mīlvīnus (see there for further descendants)
- nibulus (Late Latin, alteration)
Descendants
- Romansch: melv
- Vulgar Latin: *mīlus
- ⇒ *milato
- Asturian: milatu
- Old Galician-Portuguese: *mĩato
- Galician: miñato
- ⇒ *milato
- ⇒ Spanish: miloca
References
- milvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “vibia”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 779