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Aprilis

See also: április and aprīlis

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Aprīlis (neuter Aprīle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of April.

Usage notes

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In 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

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Third-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

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Aprīlis m sg (genitive Aprīlis); third declension

  1. April

Declension

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Third-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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Karl Gottlob Zumpt (1853) Leonhard Schmitz, Charles Anthon, transl., A Grammar of the Latin Language, 3rd edition, pages 31, 85

Further reading

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  • “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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