rosalia
English edit
Etymology edit
Compare French rosalie. Doublet of rusalka.
Noun edit
rosalia (plural rosalias)
- (music) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a tone or semi-tone higher or lower
- Synonym: melodic sequence
References edit
- “rosalia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from translingual Rosalia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rosalia f (plural rosalie)
Further reading edit
- rosalia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From rosāles [escae] ("an annual feast when tombs were adorned with rose garlands"), from rosa (“rose”).
Noun edit
rōsālia f (genitive rōsāliae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rōsālia | rōsāliae |
Genitive | rōsāliae | rōsāliārum |
Dative | rōsāliae | rōsāliīs |
Accusative | rōsāliam | rōsāliās |
Ablative | rōsāliā | rōsāliīs |
Vocative | rōsālia | rōsāliae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- rosalia 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)