noun · masculinesecond declension
cavannus
cavannus m (genitive cavannī)
Meaning
- masculinetawny owl
Sunt qui ululas putent aves esse nocturnas, ab ululatu vocis quem efferunt, quas vulgo cavannos dicunt.
There are those who think that [tawny] owls, popularly called cavanni, are nocturnal birds named from the cry that they produce.mid-5th c., Eucherius of Lyon, Instructionum Libri Duo ad Salonium filium 2.9Ululae: aves de ululatu dictae, cuius deminutivum est uluccus, sicut Itali dicunt; quam avem Galli cavannum nuncupant.
Ululae: birds named from their cry, the diminutive of which [word] is uluccus, as the Italians say; this bird the Gauls name cavannus.9th c., Unknown, Commenta Bernensia 8.55
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cavannus | cavannī |
| genitive | cavannī | cavannōrum |
| dative | cavannō | cavannīs |
| accusative | cavannum | cavannōs |
| ablative | cavannō | cavannīs |
| vocative | cavanne | cavannī |
căvannus, i, m., = κικκάβη,
I. the nightowl, Anthol. Lat. 5, 134, 29 Burm.
Origins
Borrowed from Gaulish *cawannos, from Proto-Celtic *kuwannos (“owl”), probably imitative in origin.
Descendants
- Occitanchavantfrom Old Occitan chavan
- Occitanchavancoufrom Old Occitan chavan
- Frenchchat-huantfrom Old French javan
- Middle Frenchchavanfrom Old French chavan
- Angevinchahonfrom Old French chavan
- Angevinchohonfrom Old French chavan
- Angevinchéhonfrom Old French chavan
- Angevinchoinfrom Old French chavan
- Berrichonchavonfrom Old French chavan
- Normancahouainfrom Old French chavan