"milvus" meaning in Latin

See milvus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Unknown; possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning stain or spot and also found in English mole, Lithuanian miēlės (“yeast”) and Ancient Greek μιαίνω (miaínō, “to taint, stain”). Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{der|la|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|en|mole}} English mole, {{cog|lt|miēlės|t=yeast}} Lithuanian miēlės (“yeast”), {{cog|grc|μιαίνω|t=to taint, stain}} Ancient Greek μιαίνω (miaínō, “to taint, stain”) Head templates: {{la-noun|mīlvus<2>}} mīlvus m (genitive mīlvī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mīlvus<2>}} Forms: mīlvus [canonical, masculine], mīlvī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mīlvus [nominative, singular], mīlvī [nominative, plural], mīlvī [genitive, singular], mīlvōrum [genitive, plural], mīlvō [dative, singular], mīlvīs [dative, plural], mīlvum [accusative, singular], mīlvōs [accusative, plural], mīlvō [ablative, singular], mīlvīs [ablative, plural], mīlve [singular, vocative], mīlvī [plural, vocative], mīluus [alternative]
  1. kite (bird) Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-milvus-la-noun-o9lmFOGR Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
  2. gurnard (fish) Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-milvus-la-noun-X5eqcpqK Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Birds Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 63 Disambiguation of Birds: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: melva [Catalan], mīlva, mīlvāgō, mīlvīnus (english: see there for further descendants), nibli [Friulian], *niblus [Latin, vulgar], nibulus (english: alteration) [Late-Latin] Derived forms (Italian): nibbio Derived forms (Sicilian): nigghiu
Disambiguation of 'Italian': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Sicilian': 0 100
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "translation": "see there for further descendants",
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      "word": "*niblus"
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      "sense": "Italian",
      "word": "nibbio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 100",
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    }
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      "lang_code": "rm",
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    },
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              "lang_code": "ast",
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      "form": "mīluus",
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    }
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "kite",
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        ]
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "Birds",
          "orig": "la:Birds",
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        }
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        "gurnard (fish)"
      ],
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          "gurnard",
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}
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    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
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    "Pages with entries",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "melva"
    },
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      "word": "mīlvāgō"
    },
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      "english": "see there for further descendants",
      "translation": "see there for further descendants",
      "word": "mīlvīnus"
    },
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      "sense": "Italian",
      "word": "nibbio"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Friulian"
      ],
      "word": "nibli"
    },
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      "word": "nigghiu"
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      ],
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    },
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          "mīlve",
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          "mīlvī",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "kite (bird)"
      ],
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        "declension-2"
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        "gurnard (fish)"
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  ],
  "word": "milvus"
}

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