larvae

See also: larvæ

English

Alternative forms

• larvas
• larvæ

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː.vi/
• (General American) enPR: lärʹvē, IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɹ.vi/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɹ.veɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vi

Noun

larvae

1. plural of larva

Anagrams

• Alvear, Avelar, Valera, Varela, lavrae

Latin

Noun

lārvae

1. inflection of lārva:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive/dative singular

References

• larvae 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)
• “larvae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “larvae”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray