favilla

Italian

Etymology

Directly from Latin favilla.

Noun

favilla f (plural faville)

  1. spark
  2. glimmer

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”); some have tried to connect it to *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”), but its descendants show no trace of a labiovelar.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

favilla f (genitive favillae); first declension

  1. ember, cinder, ash
    Dies irae, dies illa solvet saeclum in favilla
    Day of wrath, that day shall dissolve the world in ash

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative favilla favillae
genitive favillae favillārum
dative favillae favillīs
accusative favillam favillās
ablative favillā favillīs
vocative favilla favillae

References

  • favilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • favilla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • favilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. ↑ Francis Wood, Post-consonantal W in Indo-European
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