LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

suīllus

suīllus (feminine suīlla, neuter suīllum)
Classical[suˈiːl.lʊs]Ecclesiastical[suˈil.lus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelational adjective of sūs. porcine, suilline

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuīllussuīllasuīllum
genitivesuīllīsuīllaesuīllī
dativesuīllōsuīllaesuīllō
accusativesuīllumsuīllamsuīllum
ablativesuīllōsuīllāsuīllō
vocativesuīllesuīllasuīllum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuīllīsuīllaesuīlla
genitivesuīllōrumsuīllārumsuīllōrum
dativesuīllīssuīllīssuīllīs
accusativesuīllōssuīllāssuīlla
ablativesuīllīssuīllīssuīllīs
vocativesuīllīsuīllaesuīlla

sŭillus, a, um, adj. sus,
I. of or belonging to swine.
I. Adj.: pecus, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 1; Col. 7, 9, 14: grex, Liv. 22, 10: genus, Plin. 8, 52, 78, § 212: rostrum, id. 8, 33, 51, § 121: caro, swine's flesh, pork, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8: lac, Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 116: fungi, an inferior kind of mushroom, black hogmushrooms, id. 22, 23, 47, § 96; Mart. 3, 60, 5. —
II. Subst.: sŭilla, ae, f. (sc. caro), pork, Cels. 3, 9; 5, 26, 30; Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 38.

Origins

From sus (“pig”), possibly through suīnus + -lus. Compare ovīllus, bovīllus.

Borrowings
  • Italiansuillo
  • Italiansuillio
  • Englishsuilline
Italo-Romance
  • Italiansollo
  • Sicilianciuḍḍu

Quick answers

What does suīllus mean in Latin?
suīllus, a adjective, means “relational adjective of sūs. porcine, suilline”.
How do you pronounce suīllus?
In classical Latin, [suˈiːl.lʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [suˈil.lus].