noun · masculinesecond declension
villus
villus m (genitive villī)
Meaning
- masculinehair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair
Dant famulī manibus lymphās, Cereremque canistrīs
The servants give the hands waters, and corn from wicker baskets they deal, and bring towels of smooth hair.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis I.701–702
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pilus dēnsus feraevillus -ī (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 2, 22
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | villus | villī |
| genitive | villī | villōrum |
| dative | villō | villīs |
| accusative | villum | villōs |
| ablative | villō | villīs |
| vocative | ville | villī |
villus, i, m. Sanscr. urā, sheep; Gr. εἶρος, wool; cf. vellus,
I. shaggy hair, a tuft of hair; of beasts, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; id. ib. 2, 63, 158; Verg. G. 3, 446; id. A. 5, 352; Ov. H. 6, 49; Mart. 14, 136, 2; Sid. Ep. 5, 17 med. al.—Of cotton, Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77:
tonsis mantelia villis, the nap of cloth, Verg. G. 4, 377; id. A. 1, 702.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
villus ī, m
1 VEL-, a tuft of hair, shaggy hair, wool, fleece: (animantes) villis vestitae: tonsis mantelia villis, with the nap shorn, V., O.
Origins
Dialectal variant of vellus (“fleece”).
Descendants
- Italianvello
- Italianvillo
- Spanishvello
- Englishvillus