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noun

căvilla

gen. căvillae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
dim. perh. for calvilla, from calvor; but cf. Sanscr. kava, stingy
a jeering; raillery; scoffing
a jeering, raillery, scoffing (ante- and postclass., and very rare): aufer cavillam: non ego nunc nugas ago, * Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 11; Mart. Cap. 4, § 423.—Access. form căvil-lum, i, n., App. M. 1, p. 105; Aur. Vict. Epit. 9; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.
Perseus ID: n7253 Key: cavilla