larva
English
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Etymology
From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”).
Pronunciation
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- Homophone: lava (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
larva (plural larvas or larvae or larvæ)
- An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
- An animal in the aforementioned stage.
- A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
Usage notes
Although the plural larvas is somewhat common, it is regarded by some as incorrect.
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Albanian
Pronunciation
Noun
larva
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”).
Pronunciation
Noun
larva f (plural larves)
Related terms
Further reading
- “larva” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “larva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “larva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “larva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
larva f
Declension
Galician
Etymology
From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”).
Noun
larva f (plural larvas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “larva”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Italian
Etymology
From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”).
Noun
larva f (plural larve)
Synonyms
- (grub): bruco
Derived terms
Further reading
- larva in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Lār (“Etruscan praenomen; titulary god”), usu. as Lares (“guardian deities”), but vowel length gradation unexplained.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈlaːr.u̯a/, [ˈɫ̪äːru̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlar.va/, [ˈlärvä]
- (Plautine) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.ru.a/, [ˈɫ̪äːruä]
- (Plautine) IPA(key): /ˈla.ru.a/, [ˈläːruä]
Noun
lārva f (genitive lārvae); first declension
- ghost, haunt, evil spirit, demon, devil
- (figuratively) horrific mask
- (figuratively) skeleton
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lārva | lārvae |
Genitive | lārvae | lārvārum |
Dative | lārvae | lārvīs |
Accusative | lārvam | lārvās |
Ablative | lārvā | lārvīs |
Vocative | lārva | lārvae |
Quotations
- circa 200 B.C., Plautus, Captivi, Act 3, Scene 4, line 66:
- Larvae stimulant virum.
- The ghosts rouse the man.
- Larvae stimulant virum.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: larva
- English: larva
- French: larve
- Galician: larva
- → German: Larve
- Italian: larva
- Portuguese: larva
- Spanish: larva
References
- “larva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “larva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- larva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lārua”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
larva m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
larva m or f
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”).
Noun
larva f (plural larvas)
- larva (early growth stage of some insects and amphibians)
Related terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”).
Pronunciation
Noun
larva f (plural larvas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “larva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin larva (“facemask”).
Verb
larva (present larvar, preterite larvade, supine larvat, imperative larva)
- (reflexive) to behave flippantly, childishly or ridiculously; to tramp, to footle
Conjugation
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | larva | — | ||
Supine | larvat | — | ||
Imperative | larva | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | larven | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | larvar | larvade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | larva | larvade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | larve | larvade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | larvande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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