Aprilis
Latin
editAlternative forms
edit- aprīlis (alternative case form)
Etymology
editPerhaps based on Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈpriː.lis/, [äˈpriːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈpri.lis/, [äˈpriːlis]
Adjective
editAprīlis (neuter Aprīle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of April.
Usage notes
editIn Classical Latin, month names were regularly used as adjectives, generally modifying a case-form of mēnsis m sg (“month”) or of one of the nouns used in the Roman calendar to refer to specific days of the month from which other days were counted: Calendae f pl (“calends”), Nōnae f pl (“nones”), Īdūs f pl (“ides”). However, the masculine noun mēnsis could be elided, which eventually led to use of the masculine singular forms of month names as proper nouns.[1]
Declension
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | Aprīlis | Aprīle | Aprīlēs | Aprīlia | |
Genitive | Aprīlis | Aprīlium | |||
Dative | Aprīlī | Aprīlibus | |||
Accusative | Aprīlem | Aprīle | Aprīlēs Aprīlīs |
Aprīlia | |
Ablative | Aprīlī | Aprīlibus | |||
Vocative | Aprīlis | Aprīle | Aprīlēs | Aprīlia |
Noun
editAprīlis m sg (genitive Aprīlis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Aprīlis |
Genitive | Aprīlis |
Dative | Aprīlī |
Accusative | Aprīlem |
Ablative | Aprīlī |
Vocative | Aprīlis |
Descendants
edit- Borrowings
See also
edit- Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
edit- ^ Karl Gottlob Zumpt (1853) Leonhard Schmitz, Charles Anthon, transl., A Grammar of the Latin Language, 3rd edition, pages 31, 85
Further reading
edit- “Aprilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Aprilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Aprilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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