vilis

See also: Vilis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wes-li-, a deverbal adjective with passive meaning ("which can be bought"), from the root of venus (“sale”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwiː.lis/, [ˈwiː.lɪs]

Adjective

vīlis (neuter vīle); third declension

  1. cheap, inexpensive
  2. base, vile, mean, worthless, cheap

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative vīlis vīle vīlēs vīlia
Genitive vīlis vīlis vīlium vīlium
Dative vīlī vīlī vīlibus vīlibus
Accusative vīlem vīle vīlēs, vīlīs vīlia
Ablative vīlī vīlī vīlibus vīlibus
Vocative vīlis vīle vīlēs vīlia

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • vilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to buy cheaply: parvo, vili pretio or bene emere
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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