milvus

See also: Milvus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown;[1] possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning stain or spot and also found in English mole, Lithuanian miēlės (“yeast”) and Ancient Greek μιαίνω (miaínō, “to taint, stain”).

Noun

mīlvus m (genitive mīlvī); second declension

  1. kite (bird)
  2. gurnard (fish)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mīlvus mīlvī
Genitive mīlvī mīlvōrum
Dative mīlvō mīlvīs
Accusative mīlvum mīlvōs
Ablative mīlvō mīlvīs
Vocative mīlve mīlvī

Derived terms
  • mīlva
    • Catalan: melva
  • mīlvāgō
  • mīlvīnus (see there for further descendants)
  • nibulus (Late Latin, alteration)
    • Vulgar Latin: *niblus

Descendants
  • Romansch: melv
  • Vulgar Latin: *mīlus
    • ⇒ *milato
      • Asturian: milatu
      • Old Galician-Portuguese: *mĩato
  • ⇒ Spanish: miloca

References
  • milvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “milvus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 779
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