ervilia

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ervum (“vetch”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /erˈu̯i.li.a/, [ɛrˈu̯ɪlʲiä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈvi.li.a/, [erˈviːliä]

Noun

ervilia f (genitive erviliae); first declension

(botany) A type of vetch.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ervilia	erviliae
Genitive	erviliae	erviliārum
Dative	erviliae	erviliīs
Accusative	erviliam	erviliās
Ablative	erviliā	erviliīs
Vocative	ervilia	erviliae

Related terms

ervum

Descendants

Galician: ervella
Italian: 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.

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