Aprilis
See also: április and aprīlis
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (Apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈpriː.lis/, [aˈpriː.lɪs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈpri.lis/, [aˈpriː.lis]
Adjective
Aprīlis (neuter Aprīle); third declension
- Of April.
Usage notes
In Latin, the month names are denoted by adjectives modifying the substantive mensis (month), or by substantivated adjectives which are substantives.
Declension
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Aprīlis | Aprīle | Aprīlēs | Aprīlia | |
| Genitive | Aprīlis | Aprīlis | Aprīlium | Aprīlium | |
| Dative | Aprīlī | Aprīlī | Aprīlibus | Aprīlibus | |
| Accusative | Aprīlem | Aprīle | Aprīlēs, Aprīlīs | Aprīlia | |
| Ablative | Aprīlī | Aprīlī | Aprīlibus | Aprīlibus | |
| Vocative | Aprīlis | Aprīle | Aprīlēs | Aprīlia | |
Proper noun
Aprīlis m (genitive Aprīlis); third declension
- April
Declension
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Aprīlis |
| Genitive | Aprīlis |
| Dative | Aprīlī |
| Accusative | Aprīlem |
| Ablative | Aprīle |
| Vocative | Aprīlis |
Descendants
- Albanian: prill
- Arabic: أبريل (ʾabrīl)
- Aragonese: abril
- Aromanian: aprir
- Asturian: abril
- Basque: apiril
- Catalan: abril
- Corsican: aprile
- Dalmatian: aprail
- Dutch: April
- English: April
- Esperanto: aprilo
- French: avril
- Friulian: Avrîl
- Galician: abril
- German: April, Aprilis
- Greek: Απρίλιος (Aprílios), Απρίλης (Aprílis)
- Irish: Aibreán
- Italian: aprile
- → Cimbrian: aprile
- Kabuverdianu: abril
- Ladin: oril
- Ladino: avril
- Marshallese: Eprōļ
- Mirandese: abril
- Neapolitan: abbrile
- Norman: Avri
- Occitan: abril
- Portuguese: abril
- Romanian: aprilie, prier
- Romansch: avregl, avrigl
- Russian: апрель (aprelʹ)
- Sardinian: abriri, albile, aprile, arbile
- Sicilian: aprili
- Spanish: abril, april
- Venetian: avril, avrìl
- → Cimbrian: avrell, avrelle
- Walloon: avri
- Welsh: Ebrill
See also
References
- Aprilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aprilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Aprilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette