vilis

See also: Vilis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wes-li-, a deverbal adjective with passive meaning ("which can be bought"), from the root of venus (“sale”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwiː.lis/, [ˈwiː.lɪs]

Adjective

vīlis (neuter vīle); third declension

  1. cheap, inexpensive
  2. base, vile, mean, worthless, cheap

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative vīlis vīle vīlēs vīlia
genitive vīlis vīlium
dative vīlī vīlibus
accusative vīlem vīle vīlēs, vīlīs vīlia
ablative vīlī vīlibus
vocative vīlis vīle vīlēs vīlia

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • vilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to buy cheaply: parvo, vili pretio or bene emere
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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