blatta

See also: Blatta

Italian

Etymology

From Latin blatta (“cockroach, moth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblat.ta/
• Rhymes: -atta
• Hyphenation: blàt‧ta

Noun

blatta f (plural blatte)

1. (entomology) cockroach

   Synonym: scarafaggio m

Latin

Etymology

No clear etymology. Possibly related to Ancient Greek βλάπτω (bláptō, “to disable, hinder, harm”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈblat.ta/, [ˈbɫ̪ät̪ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈblat.ta/, [ˈblät̪ːä]

Noun

blatta f (genitive blattae); first declension

1. any insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach, moth
2. a clot of blood

Declension

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

Derived terms

• blattārius
• blattea
• blatteus
• blattiārius
• blattifer

Descendants

Descendants of blatta

• French: blatte
• Italian: blatta
• Portuguese: barata
• Sicilian: bratta
• Translingual: Blatta
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *blattula
  • Italian: piattola

References

• “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