vespertilio
See also: Vespertilio
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vespertilio m (plural vespertili)
- bat (flying animal)
- Synonym: pipistrello
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From vesper (“evening”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯es.perˈtiː.li.oː/, [u̯ɛs̠pɛrˈt̪iːlʲioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ves.perˈti.li.o/, [vesperˈt̪iːlio]
Noun edit
vespertīliō m (genitive vespertīliōnis); third declension
- a bat (animal)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vespertīliō | vespertīliōnēs |
Genitive | vespertīliōnis | vespertīliōnum |
Dative | vespertīliōnī | vespertīliōnibus |
Accusative | vespertīliōnem | vespertīliōnēs |
Ablative | vespertīliōne | vespertīliōnibus |
Vocative | vespertīliō | vespertīliōnēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: sportiglione
- Ibero-Romance: (both via the nominative?)
- Asturian: esperteyu
- Galician: espertello
- Borrowings:
- → Middle French: vespertille, vespertilion
- → Translingual: Vespertilio
References edit
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “vĕspĕrtilio”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 708
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vespertilio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 348
Further reading edit
- “vespertilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vespertilio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.