papilio

See also: Papilio

Esperanto

Papilio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pāpiliō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papiˈlio/

Noun

papilio (accusative singular papilion, plural papilioj, accusative plural papiliojn)

1. butterfly

See also

• raŭpo (“caterpillar”)
• tineo (“moth”)

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Latin

Etymology

Probably a reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *pal- (“to feel, touch, shake”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paːˈpi.li.oː/, [paːˈpɪ.li.oː]

A butterfly.

Noun

pāpiliō m (genitive pāpiliōnis); third declension

1. butterfly, moth

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pāpiliō	pāpiliōnēs
genitive	pāpiliōnis	pāpiliōnum
dative	pāpiliōnī	pāpiliōnibus
accusative	pāpiliōnem	pāpiliōnēs
ablative	pāpiliōne	pāpiliōnibus
vocative	pāpiliō	pāpiliōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: papallona, papalló, papaió
• Esperanto: papilio
• French: papillon, pavillon
  • English: pavilion
• Ido: papiliono
• Interlingua: papilion

• Irish: puball
• Norman: papillote
• Novial: papilione
• Portuguese: pavilhão
• Spanish: pabellón
• Welsh: pabell

References

• papilio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• papilio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• papilio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• papilio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• papilio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers