blatta

See also: Blatta

Italian

Etymology

From Latin blatta (“cockroach, moth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbla.tːa/, [ˈbl̺at̪.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: blàt‧ta

Noun

blatta f (plural blatte)

1. cockroach

Synonyms

• scarafaggio m

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Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈblat.ta/, [ˈbɫat.ta]

Noun

blatta f (genitive blattae); first declension

1. any insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach, moth, bookworm, mantid
2. a clot of blood

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	blatta	blattae
genitive	blattae	blattārum
dative	blattae	blattīs
accusative	blattam	blattās
ablative	blattā	blattīs
vocative	blatta	blattae

Derived terms

Derived terms

• blattārius
• blattea
• blatteus

• blattiārius
• blattifer

Descendants

• French : blatte
• Italian: blatta
• Portuguese: barata
• Translingual: Blatta

References

• blatta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• blatta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “blatta”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “blatta” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• blatta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• blatta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin