LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

aucellus

aucellus m (genitive aucellī)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinmasculinebird
  2. Late Latinmasculinesparrow

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaucellusaucellī
genitiveaucellīaucellōrum
dativeaucellōaucellīs
accusativeaucellumaucellōs
ablativeaucellōaucellīs
vocativeaucelleaucellī

Origins

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

Occitano-Romance
  • Catalanocellfrom Old Catalan auzell
  • Catalanaucellfrom Old Catalan auzell
  • Catalanauzellfrom Old Catalan auzell
  • Occitanaucèlfrom Old Occitan auzel
  • Occitanausèlfrom Old Occitan auzel
  • Occitanauseufrom Old Occitan auzel
  • Italianaugellofrom Old Occitan auzel
  • Gasconausèth
  • Gasconaujèth
  • Southern Lengadocianausèlhfrom Old Occitan auzel
Italo-Romance
  • Italianuccello
  • Corsicanacellu
  • Corsicanucellu
  • Corsicanocellu
  • Corsicanaceddu
  • Istriotuzai
  • Idoucelofrom Italian uccello
  • Neapolitanauciello
  • Sicilianauceḍḍu
  • Sicilianauceddu
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchoiseaufrom Old French oisel
  • Franco-Provençalusél
  • Angevinoisiaufrom Old French oisel
  • Bourbonnais-Berrichonoisiaufrom Old French oisel
  • Bourguignonouseâfrom Old French oisel
  • Champenoisôgéfrom Old French oisel
  • Franc-Comtoisôséfrom Old French oisel
  • Galloouézaifrom Old French oisel
  • Lorrainohéfrom Old French oisel
  • Normanouaîséfrom Old French oisel
North Italian
  • Emilianuṡèl
  • Ligurianöxéllo
  • Ligurianouxello
  • Ligurianeuxèl
  • Lombardolcell
  • Lombardoxell
  • Piedmonteseosel
  • Piedmonteseausel
  • Piedmonteseusel
  • Friulianuciel

Quick answers

What does aucellus mean in Latin?
aucellus, a noun, means “bird; sparrow”.
What is the genitive of aucellus?
The genitive singular is aucellī. aucellus is masculine, second declension.