ovillus

== Latin == === Etymology === Apparently from ovīnus (“sheep-”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix), although ovīnus is not directly attested until Serenus Sammonicus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔˈwiːl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈvil.lus] === Adjective === ovīllus (feminine ovīlla, neuter ovīllum); first/second-declension adjective Of, belonging, or pertaining to sheep. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === === 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