cavilla

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

căvilla, ae, f. dim. [perh. for calvilla, from calvor; but cf. Sanscr. kava, stingy],

a jeering , raillery , scoffing (ante- and postclass., and very rare): aufer cavillam: non ego nunc nugas ago, * Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 11; Mart. Cap. 4, § 423.—Access. form căvil-lum , i, n., Ap. Met. 1, 7, 12; Aur. Vict. Epit. 9; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.