suillus

See also: Suillus

Latin

Etymology

From sus (“pig”), possibly through suīnus +‎ -lus. Compare ovīllus, bovīllus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [suˈiːl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [suˈil.lus]

Adjective

suīllus (feminine suīlla, neuter suīllum); first/second-declension adjective

1. relational adjective of sūs. porcine, suilline

   Synonyms: suīnus, verrīnus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	suīllus	suīlla	suīllum		suīllī	suīllae	suīlla
genitive	suīllī	suīllae	suīllī		suīllōrum	suīllārum	suīllōrum
dative	suīllō	suīllae	suīllō		suīllīs
accusative	suīllum	suīllam	suīllum		suīllōs	suīllās	suīlla
ablative	suīllō	suīllā	suīllō		suīllīs
vocative	suīlle	suīlla	suīllum		suīllī	suīllae	suīlla

Derived terms

• Suillius

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • >? Italian: sollo
  • Sicilian: ciuḍḍu
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: suillo, ⇒ suillio
  • ⇒ English: suilline (learned)

References

• “suillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "suillus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “suillus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.