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cavillo , -atum , -are cavillare . 1 ludificari — (ver) höhnen : Aldh. virg. I 56 p. 316,20 cachinnantes ac -antes cavillantes . epist. 5 p. 493,16 iocistae ... ritu ... -batur cavillabatur . Epist. Mog. 22 p. 357,22 reprehensores modo quiescentem me de ... talenti dominici absconsione -antur cavillantur , modo studiis operam dantem ... suggillant. 2 a (sagaciter) tractare — (scharfsinnig) erörtern : Anselm. Mog. Adalb. 178 res ... -ando cavillando ratione vel arte probando (207). b (sagaciter) meditari — (scharfsinnig) überlegen : Gesta Camer. cont. II D 62,2 Cameracenses ... -ant cavillant ,…