insecto

Galician

Noun

insecto m (plural insectos)

1. insect

Latin

Participle

īnsectō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnsectus

References

• “insecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• insecto 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)
• insecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• insecto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

insecto m (plural insectos)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of inseto. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [inˈsekto]

Noun

insecto f

1. vocative singular of insectă

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsecta (“insects”) (attested in Pliny only in the plural), a calque of ἔντομα (éntoma, “insects”, literally “dissected”), from their segmented bodies, from εν- (en-) + τόμος (tómos, “slice”); calqued based on īnsectus (“notched, dissected”), perfect passive participle of īnsecō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈseɡto/ [ĩnˈseɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: in‧sec‧to

Noun

insecto m (plural insectos)

1. insect

Derived terms

• insecto hoja
• insecto palo

 

Related terms

• insecticida

 

See also

• bicho

Further reading

• “insecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014