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aucellus

Latin

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative aucellus aucellī
genitive aucellī aucellōrum
dative aucellō aucellīs
accusative aucellum aucellōs
ablative aucellō aucellīs
vocative aucelle aucellī

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “aucellus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 796
  2. ^ “Archived copy of AUCELLUS”, in DicoLatin‎[1], 2016 June 13 (last accessed), archived from the original on 29 April 2019
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