vespertilio
See also: Vespertilio
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve.sperˈti.ljo/
- Rhymes: -iljo
- Hyphenation: ve‧sper‧tì‧lio
Noun
vespertilio m (plural vespertili)
- bat (flying animal)
- Synonym: pipistrello
Latin
vespertīliō
Etymology
From vesper (“evening”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯es.perˈtiː.li.oː/, [u̯ɛs̠pɛrˈt̪iːlʲioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ves.perˈti.li.o/, [vesperˈt̪iːlio]
Noun
vespertīliō m (genitive vespertīliōnis); third declension
- a bat (animal)
Declension
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
- vesper
- vespertīnus
- *vespertillus
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: sportiglione
- Ibero-Romance: (both via the nominative?)
- Asturian: esperteyu
- Galician: espertello
- Borrowings:
- → Middle French: vespertille, vespertilion
- → Translingual: Vespertilio
References
- 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), volume 14: U–Z, page 348
Further reading
- “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