valva

See also: válva

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin valva.

Noun

valva (plural valvae)

1. A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female.

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Italian

Noun

valva f (plural valve)

1. (anatomy, zoology) valve, half shell

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“I roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯al.u̯a/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪u̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈval.va/, [ˈvälvä]

Noun

valva f (genitive valvae); first declension

1. double or folding door (in plural)
2. one leaf of such doors

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	valva	valvae
Genitive	valvae	valvārum
Dative	valvae	valvīs
Accusative	valvam	valvās
Ablative	valvā	valvīs
Vocative	valva	valvae

References

• “valva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• valva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
    
• “valva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Portuguese

Noun

valva f (plural valvas)

1. (anatomy) valve (membrane which permits passage in one direction)

Synonyms

• válvula

Related terms

• válvula

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Spanish

Noun

valva f (plural valvas)

1. (anatomy) valve