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LNS

cavilla, cavillae

perh. for calvilla, from calvor; but cf. Sanscr. kava, stingy, perh

noun (f., 1^st declension)

a jeering, raillery, scoffing

Abbreviations

cavilla, ae, f. dim. perh. for calvilla, from calvor; but cf. Sanscr. kava, stingy, 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 cavil-lum, i, n., App. M. 1, p. 105; Aur. Vict. Epit. 9; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Mull.