apella

See also: apel·la and apel·là

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀπέλλα (apélla), which originally meant fold, fence for animals.

1. • Hesychius of Alexandria: apellai (ἀπέλλαι), sekoi (σηκοί: folds), ecclesiai (εκκλησίαι: popular assemblies): Nilsson, Vol I, p. 556

Noun

apella (plural apellai)

1. (Ancient Greece, politics) The popular deliberative assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, corresponding to the ecclesia in most other Greek states.

Anagrams

• paella, paleal, pallae

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Finnish

Noun

apella

1. (deprecated template usage) adessive singular of appi

Anagrams

• paella, pallea

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of apes (“bee”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈpel.la/, [äˈpɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpel.la/, [äˈpɛlːä]

Noun

apella f (genitive apellae); first declension

1. small bee

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	apella	apellae
Genitive	apellae	apellārum
Dative	apellae	apellīs
Accusative	apellam	apellās
Ablative	apellā	apellīs
Vocative	apella	apellae

Derived terms

• Cebus apella - the tufted capuchin
• Nilasera apella
• Racta apella
• Rifargia apella

References

• apella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)