Aprilis

See also: április and aprīlis

Latin

Alternative forms

• aprīlis (alternative case form)

Etymology

Perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (Apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈpriː.lis/, [äˈpriːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpri.lis/, [äˈpriːlis]

Adjective

Aprīlis (neuter Aprīle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. 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 two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	Aprīlis	Aprīle		Aprīlēs	Aprīlia
Genitive	Aprīlis			Aprīlium
Dative	Aprīlī			Aprīlibus
Accusative	Aprīlem	Aprīle		Aprīlēs Aprīlīs	Aprīlia
Ablative	Aprīlī			Aprīlibus
Vocative	Aprīlis	Aprīle		Aprīlēs	Aprīlia

Noun

Aprīlis m sg (genitive Aprīlis); third declension

1. April

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aprīlis
Genitive	Aprīlis
Dative	Aprīlī
Accusative	Aprīlem
Ablative	Aprīlī
Vocative	Aprīlis

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: aprir
  • Romanian: prier
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Corsican: aprile
  • Dalmatian: aprail
  • Italian: aprile
  • Neapolitan: abbrile
  • Sicilian: aprili
• Old French: avril
  • French: avril
    • Haitian Creole: avril
    • Mauritian Creole: avril
    • → Iranian Persian: آوریل (âvril)
    • → South Azerbaijani: آوریل (avril)
    • → Tunisian Arabic: أفريل (avrīl)
  • Norman: Avri
  • Walloon: avri
  • → Middle English: Averil
    • ⇒ Middle English: Aprill, Aprille, April, Apprille, Aperil, Aprel (relatinized)
      • English: April (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: Apryle
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: abril
  • Occitan: abril
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: Avrîl
  • Ladin: oril
  • Romansch: avregl, avrigl, avrel
• Sardinian: abriri, albile, aprile, arbile
• Venetian: avril, avrìl
• West Iberian
  • Aragonese: abril
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: abril
    • Mirandese: abril
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: abril
    • Fala: abril
    • Galician: abril
    • Portuguese: abril (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish:
    • Ladino: avril
    • Spanish: abril (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings

• → Albanian: prill
• → Basque: apiril
• → Proto-Brythonic:
  • Breton: Ebrel
  • Cornish: Ebrel, Ebryl
  • Welsh: Ebrill
• → Byzantine Greek: Απρίλιος (Aprílios)
  • Greek: Απρίλιος (Aprílios), Απρίλης m (Aprílis)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: априль (aprilĭ)
  • → Old East Slavic: априль (aprilĭ), апрѣль (aprělĭ)
    • Russian: апрель (aprelʹ) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Romanian: aprilie (via some Slavic language)
• → Middle Dutch: april
  • Dutch: april
    • Afrikaans: April
    • Negerhollands: apriel
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: april
    • → Papiamentu: aprel
    • → Sranan Tongo: aprel
    • → Trió: eiperëu
  • Limburgish: eprèl
• → Old High German: abrello
  • Middle High German: aberelle
    • Cimbrian: aprile
    • German: April
      • → Estonian: aprill
      • → Kashubian: aprël (dated)
• → Old Irish: Apréil
  • Irish: Aibreán

See also

• Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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.