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]

Noun

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

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aucellus aucellī
Genitive aucellī aucellōrum
Dative aucellō aucellīs
Accusative aucellum aucellōs
Ablative aucellō aucellīs
Vocative aucelle aucellī

Descendants

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