Dolabella

See also: dolabella

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Dolabella f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Aplysiidae – sea hares.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Heterobranchia - subclass; Anaspidea - order; Aplysioidea - superfamily; Aplysiidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Dolabella auricularia - type species

References

• Dolabella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dolabella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dolabella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

From dolābella (“small hatchet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /do.laːˈbel.la/, [d̪ɔɫ̪äːˈbɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /do.laˈbel.la/, [d̪oläˈbɛlːä]

Proper noun

Dolābella m sg (genitive Dolābellae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, a Roman consul

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dolābella
Genitive	Dolābellae
Dative	Dolābellae
Accusative	Dolābellam
Ablative	Dolābellā
Vocative	Dolābella

Further reading

• “Dolabella2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Dolabella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.