adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
vīlis
vīlis (neuter vīle, comparative vīlior, superlative vīlissimus)
Classical[ˈwiː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.lis]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- two terminationcheap, inexpensive
vestīmentum aliquod ex vīlibus scrūtīs cōnsarcinātum
some garment sewn of cheap scraps of cloth - two terminationbase, vile, mean, worthless, cheap, paltry
Quī tē caret hōc tempore fit vīlior, dulcis amor.
Who is without you in this season is fit for nothing, sweet love.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
parvī pretiī.vīlis -e — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
parvī pretiīvīlis -e — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 7, IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 16, Epistulae, ch. 4 and Metamorphoses I, ch. 16
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīlis | vīlis | vīle |
| genitive | vīlis | vīlis | vīlis |
| dative | vīlī | vīlī | vīlī |
| accusative | vīlem | vīlem | vīle |
| ablative | vīlī | vīlī | vīlī |
| vocative | vīlis | vīlis | vīle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīlēs | vīlēs | vīlia |
| genitive | vīlium | vīlium | vīlium |
| dative | vīlibus | vīlibus | vīlibus |
| accusative | vīlīs vīlēs | vīlīs vīlēs | vīlia |
| ablative | vīlibus | vīlibus | vīlibus |
| vocative | vīlēs | vīlēs | vīlia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- parvo, vili pretio or bene emere
- to buy cheaply.
- annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fit
- the price of corn is going down.
vīlis, e, adj.,
I. of small price or value, purchased at a low rate, cheap (opp. carus).
I. Lit.:
nec quicquam hic vile nunc est nisi mores mali, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 10: annona vilior, id. Mil. 3, 1, 138: istaec (puella) vero vilis est, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 25: istuc verbum vile est viginti minis, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 139: ex eis praediis talenta argenti bina Statim capiebat ... Ac rebus vilioribus multo talenta bina, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 8: frumentum quoniam vilius erat, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 195: res vilissimae (opp. pretiosissimae), id. Fin. 2, 28, 91.—Abl. neutr. (sc. pretio), at a small price, at a low rate, cheaply: Ep. Quanti eam emit? Th. Vili, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 49: vili vendere, Mart. 12, 66, 10.— Comp.: quod viliori praedium distraxerit ... et si non viliori vendidit, etc., Dig. 43, 24, 11, § 8.—Sup.: res stipulatoris vilissimo distracta est, Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin.—II. Transf.
A. Of trifling value, cheap, poor, paltry, common, mean, worthless, base, vile (cf. indignus):
si honor noster vobis vilior fuisset, Cic. Fl. 41, 103: nihil tam vile neque tam vulgare, id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71: Velia non est vilior quam Lupercal, id. Fam. 7, 20, 1: hi quorum tibi auctoritas est videlicet cara, vita vilissima, id. Cat. 1, 8, 19: fidem fortunas pericula vilia habere, Sall. C. 16, 2: nec adeo vilis tibi vita esset nostra, ut, etc., Liv. 40, 9: et genus et virtus nisi cum re vilior alga est, Hor. S. 2, 5, 8: inter Perfectos veteresque referri debet an inter Viles et novos? id. Ep. 2, 1, 38: vilis Europe, vile, abandoned, id. C. 3, 27, 57: tu poscis vilia rerum, id. Ep. 1, 17, 21: si, dum me careas, est tibi vile mori, Ov. H. 7, 48.— Neutr. adverb.: et vile virentes Hesperidum risit ramos, i. e. in the ordinary manner, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 37: vile comparati, Schol. Juv. 11, 145.—Prov.: vile est, quod licet, Petr. 93.—(b). With inf.: stat fucare colos nec Sidone vilior, Ancon. Sil. 8, 438. —
B. Found in great quantities, abundant, common (poet. and rare):
poma, Verg. G. 1, 274: phaselus, id. ib. 1, 227.—Hence, adv.: vīlĭter. 1. Lit., cheaply:
venire poteris intestinis vilius, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 28: vilissime constat, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45: vilissime constiterit, Col. 9, 1, 6.—2. Transf., meanly, poorly, vilely:
se ipsum colere, App. Flor. 1, p. 344, 29; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 97: vilissime natus, Eutr. 9, 21.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vīlis e, adj. with comp. and sup.
VAG-, of small price, of little value, purchased at a low rate, cheap: istaec (puella), T.: frumentum vilius: vilissimae res.—Of trifling value, cheap, poor, paltry, common, mean, worthless, base, vile: si honor noster vobis vilior fuisset: quorum tibi est vita vilissima: fidem fortunas pericula vilia habere, S.: Et genus et virtus nisi cum re vilior algā est, H.: Europe, abandoned, H.: Si, dum me careas, est tibi vile mori, O.: poma, i. e. abundant, V.: phaselus, common, V.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *weslis, from Proto-Indo-European *weslis, a deverbal adjective with passive meaning ("which can be bought"), from the root of venum (“sale”).
Descendants
- Catalanvil
- Englishvile
- Frenchvil
- Frenchvile
- Italianvile
- Portuguesevil
- Romanianvil
- Spanishvil
- Friulianvîl
- Piedmontesevil