vīlla
vīlla
From Proto-Italic *weikslā, a nominal from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“settlement”) with an instrument/concrete-noun deverbal suffix *-slo- also found in pālus, vēlum. Related to vīcus (“row of houses; village”), vīcīnus (“neighbour”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwiːl.la]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvil.la]
Noun
vīlla f (genitive vīllae); first declension
- country house; villa
- estate, farm
- (Medieval Latin) a city
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīlla | vīllae |
| genitive | vīllae | vīllārum |
| dative | vīllae | vīllīs |
| accusative | vīllam | vīllās |
| ablative | vīllā | vīllīs |
| vocative | vīlla | vīllae |