blatta
See also: Blatta
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin blatta (“cockroach, moth”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
blatta f (plural blatte)
- (entomology) cockroach
- Synonym: scarafaggio m
Latin edit
Etymology edit
No clear etymology. Possibly related to Ancient Greek βλάπτω (bláptō, “to disable, hinder, harm”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈblat.ta/, [ˈbɫ̪ät̪ːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈblat.ta/, [ˈblät̪ːä]
Noun edit
blatta f (genitive blattae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | blatta | blattae |
Genitive | blattae | blattārum |
Dative | blattae | blattīs |
Accusative | blattam | blattās |
Ablative | blattā | blattīs |
Vocative | blatta | blattae |
Derived terms edit
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References edit
- “blatta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “blatta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- blatta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- blatta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “blatta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “blatta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “blatta”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati