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.