vilis

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.lis/, [ˈu̯iːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.lis/, [ˈviːlis]

vīlis (neuter vīle, comparative vīlior, superlative vīlissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. cheap, inexpensive

   Antonyms: pretiōsus, cārus, impēnsus, dīves, antīquus

2. base, vile, mean, worthless, cheap, paltry

   Synonyms: inānis, miser

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• “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^[1], 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)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN