aucellus

aucellus

Latin

Etymology

    Masculinisation of aucella, contraction of avicella, diminutive of avicula, itself a diminutive of avis f (“bird”). Attested from the fourth century CE.[1]

    Noun

    aucellus m (genitive aucellī); second declension (Late Latin)

    1. (little) bird
    2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) sparrow[2]

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative aucellus aucellī
    genitive aucellī aucellōrum
    dative aucellō aucellīs
    accusative aucellum aucellōs
    ablative aucellō aucellīs
    vocative aucelle aucellī

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Corsican: acellu, ucellu, ocellu, aceddu
      • Istriot: uzai pl
      • Italian: uccello
      • Neapolitan: auciello
      • Sicilian: auceḍḍu, auceddu, ancieḍḍu, ancieddu, acieḍḍu, acieddu, aceḍḍu, aceddu, oceḍḍu, oceddu, anceḍḍu
    • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Franco-Provençal: usél
      • Old French: oisel, hoysel, oesel, oicel, oisal, oiseal, oiseaul, oiseel, oiseil, oisell, oiseul, oisil, oisseil, oissel, osel, ossel, oyseal, oysel, oysele, yseal
    • Occitano-Romance:
      • Old Catalan: auzell, ausel, aucel
      • Gascon: ausèth, aujèth
      • Old Occitan: auzel, aucel, ausel, auzelh
        • Occitan: aucèl, ausèl, auseu
          Southern Lengadocian: ausèlh
          Vivaro-Alpine: oseu
        • → Italian: augello

    References

    1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “aucellus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 796
    2. ^ “Archived copy of AUCELLUS”, in DicoLatin‎[1], 13 June 2016 (last accessed), archived from the original on 29 April 2019
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