vilis

See also: Vilis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *weslis, from Proto-Indo-European *weslis, a deverbal adjective with passive meaning ("which can be bought"), from the root of venus (“sale”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwiː.lɪs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈviː.lis]

Adjective

vīlis (neuter vīle, comparative vīlior, superlative vīlissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

cheap, inexpensive
Antonyms: pretiōsus, cārus, impēnsus, dīves, antīquus
base, vile, mean, worthless, cheap, paltry
Synonyms: inānis, miser

Quī tē caret hōc tempore fit vīlior, dulcis amor.
Who is without you in this season is fit for nothing, sweet love.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	vīlis	vīle	vīlēs	vīlia
genitive	vīlis		vīlium
dative	vīlī		vīlibus
accusative	vīlem	vīle	vīlēs vīlīs	vīlia
ablative	vīlī		vīlibus
vocative	vīlis	vīle	vīlēs	vīlia

Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: vil
→ English: vile
French: vil, vile
Friulian: vîl
Italian: vile
Piedmontese: vil
Portuguese: vil
Romanian: vil
Sicilian: vili
Spanish: vil

References

“vilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“vilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
vilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to buy cheaply: parvo, vili pretio or bene emere
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN