valva
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valve.
Noun edit
valva (plural valvae)
- A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
valva f (plural valve)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *wolVwā- (“leaf of a door; folding”), from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o- (“turning”), from *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“I roll”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯al.u̯a/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪u̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈval.va/, [ˈvälvä]
Noun edit
valva f (genitive valvae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | valva | valvae |
Genitive | valvae | valvārum |
Dative | valvae | valvīs |
Accusative | valvam | valvās |
Ablative | valvā | valvīs |
Vocative | valva | valvae |
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References edit
- “valva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- valva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
- (ambiguous) to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
- “valva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 653
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
valva f (plural valvas)
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Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
valva f (plural valvas)
Further reading edit
- “valva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014