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blatta

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin blatta (cockroach, moth).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈblat.ta/
  • Rhymes: -atta
  • Hyphenation: blàt‧ta

Noun

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blatta f (plural blatte)

  1. (entomology) cockroach
    Synonym: scarafaggio m

Latin

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Etymology

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No clear etymology. Possibly related to Ancient Greek βλάπτω (bláptō, to disable, hinder, harm).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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blatta f (genitive blattae); first declension

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

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative blatta blattae
genitive blattae blattārum
dative blattae blattīs
accusative blattam blattās
ablative blattā blattīs
vocative blatta blattae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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
  • "blatta", 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)
  • blatta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • 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
  1. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “blatta”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati