papilio

See also: Papilio

Esperanto

Papilio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pāpiliō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /papiˈlio/

Noun

papilio (accusative singular papilion, plural papilioj, accusative plural papiliojn)

  1. butterfly

See also

Latin

Etymology

Probably a reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *pal- (“to feel, touch, shake”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /paːˈpi.li.oː/, [paːˈpɪ.li.oː]
A butterfly.

Noun

pāpiliō m (genitive pāpiliōnis); third declension

  1. butterfly, moth

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pāpiliō pāpiliōnēs
genitive pāpiliōnis pāpiliōnum
dative pāpiliōnī pāpiliōnibus
accusative pāpiliōnem pāpiliōnēs
ablative pāpiliōne pāpiliōnibus
vocative pāpiliō pāpiliōnēs

Descendants

References

  • papilio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • papilio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • papilio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • papilio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • papilio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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