avicella

Latin

Alternative forms

• aucella

Etymology

From avicula +‎ la.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.u̯iˈkel.la/, [äu̯ɪˈkɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.viˈt͡ʃel.la/, [äviˈt͡ʃɛlːä]

Noun

avicella f (genitive avicellae); first declension

1. little bird

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	avicella	avicellae
genitive	avicellae	avicellārum
dative	avicellae	avicellīs
accusative	avicellam	avicellās
ablative	avicellā	avicellīs
vocative	avicella	avicellae

Descendants

• >? Portuguese: Vizela
• >? Spanish: avecilla

References

• “avicella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• avicella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.