LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

favilla

favilla f (genitive favillae)
Classical[faˈwɪl.la]Ecclesiastical[faˈvil.la]

Meaning

  1. feminineember, cinder, glowing ash
    Lacrimosa dies illa, Qua resurget ex favilla, Iudicandus homo reus.Tearful [will be] that day, on which from the glowing embers will arise the guilty man who is to be judged. Then spare him, O God.From the Dies irae sequence (stanza 18) of the Catholic Requiem mass

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

cinis levis et calidus
favilla -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5, 14, 16

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefavillafavillae
genitivefavillaefavillārum
dativefavillaefavillīs
accusativefavillamfavillās
ablativefavillāfavillīs
vocativefavillafavillae

făvilla, ae, f. Sanscr. root bhā-, to shine; Gr. φα-, φῶς, etc., cf. Lat. fax,
I. hot cinders or ashes, glowing ashes, embers (cf. cinis).
I. Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ibi favillae plena coquendo sit faxo (psaltria). Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 60: scintillas agere ac late differre favillam, Lucr. 2, 675; cf. Ov. M. 7, 80; and: cum contectus ignis ex se favillam discutit scintillamque emittit, Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 358: candens, Verg. A. 3, 573: cana, Ov. M. 8, 525: e carbone restincto favilla digito sublata, Plin. 26, 11, 72, § 118: cinis e favilla et carbonibus ad calefaciendum triclinium illatus, Suet. Tib. 74: nihil invenit praeter tepidam in ara favillam, id. Galb. 18: vi pulveris ae favillae oppressus est. (Plinius), Suet. Fragm. Hist., ed. Roth, p. 301.—
2. In partic., the ashes of the dead still glowing: corporis favillam ab reliquo separant cinere, Plin. 19, 11, 4, § 19: ibi tu calentem Debita sparges lacrima favillam Vatis amici, Hor. C. 2, 6, 23; Tib. 3, 2, 10; Prop. 1, 19, 19; Verg. A. 6, 227; Ov. F. 3, 561.—
B. Transf.: salis, powder of salt, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 90.—*
II. Trop., a glimmering spark, i. e. beginning, origin: haec est venturi prima favilla mali, Prop. 1, 9, 18.

Origins

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”); some have tried to connect it to *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”), but its descendants show no trace of a labiovelar.

Italo-Romance
  • Italianfavilla
  • Italianfaliva
  • ItalianFaillafrom Sicilian faviḍḍa
Ibero-Romance
  • Galicianfeila
  • Galicianfoula

In English words that came into English from favilla

  • favillousfavilla

Quick answers

What does favilla mean in Latin?
favilla, a noun, means “ember, cinder, glowing ash”.
What is the genitive of favilla?
The genitive singular is favillae. favilla is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce favilla?
In classical Latin, [faˈwɪl.la]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [faˈvil.la].