apella
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀπέλλα (apélla), which originally meant fold, fence for animals.
- Hesychius of Alexandria: apellai (ἀπέλλαι), sekoi (σηκοί: folds), ecclesiai (εκκλησίαι: popular assemblies): Nilsson, Vol I, p. 556
Noun
apella (plural apellai)
- (Ancient Greece, politics) The popular deliberative assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, corresponding to the ecclesia in most other Greek states.
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Finnish
Noun
apella
Anagrams
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
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)
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