aucellus

Latin

Etymology

Masculinisation of aucella, contraction of avicella, diminutive of avicula, itself a diminutive of avis f (“bird”). Attested from the fourth century CE.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

aucellus m (genitive aucellī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. (little) bird
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) sparrow[2]

Declension

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Descendants

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “aucellus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 796
  2. “Archived copy of AUCELLUS”, in DicoLatin‎, accessed 13 June 2016, archived from the original on 2019-04-29
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