cavilla

== Italian == === Verb === cavilla inflection of cavillare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === cavalli, vacilla == Latin == === Alternative forms === cavillum === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What suffix?”) From cavus (“hollow”), used figuratively as "hollow speech". Not related to calvor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈwɪl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈvil.la] === Noun === cavilla f (genitive cavillae); first declension jeering, raillery, scoffing ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== cavillor === References === “cavilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press