ovillus

Latin

Etymology

Apparently from ovīnus (“sheep-”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix), although ovīnus is not directly attested until Serenus Sammonicus.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

ovīllus (feminine ovīlla, neuter ovīllum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of, belonging, or pertaining to sheep.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ovīllus ovīlla ovīllum ovīllī ovīllae ovīlla
Genitive ovīllī ovīllae ovīllī ovīllōrum ovīllārum ovīllōrum
Dative ovīllō ovīllō ovīllīs
Accusative ovīllum ovīllam ovīllum ovīllōs ovīllās ovīlla
Ablative ovīllō ovīllā ovīllō ovīllīs
Vocative ovīlle ovīlla ovīllum ovīllī ovīllae ovīlla

References
  1. "Latin Diminutives in -Ello/A- and -Illo/A-: A Study in Diminutive Formation." George Kleppinger Strodach. Language, Vol. 9, No. 1, Language Dissertation No. 14 (Mar., 1933), pp. 7-98. Linguistic Society of America, http://www.jstor.org/stable/522000

Further reading
  • “ovillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ovillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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