vespertilio

See also: Vespertilio

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.sperˈti.ljo/
• Rhymes: -iljo
• Hyphenation: ve‧sper‧tì‧lio

Noun

vespertilio m (plural vespertili)

1. bat (flying animal)

   Synonym: pipistrello

Latin

vespertīliō

Etymology

From vesper (“evening”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯es.perˈtiː.li.oː/, [u̯ɛs̠pɛrˈt̪iːlʲioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ves.perˈti.li.o/, [vesperˈt̪iːlio]

Noun

vespertīliō m (genitive vespertīliōnis); third declension

1. a bat (animal)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vespertīliō	vespertīliōnēs
Genitive	vespertīliōnis	vespertīliōnum
Dative	vespertīliōnī	vespertīliōnibus
Accusative	vespertīliōnem	vespertīliōnēs
Ablative	vespertīliōne	vespertīliōnibus
Vocative	vespertīliō	vespertīliōnēs

Related terms

• vesper
• vespertīnus
• *vespertillus

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan: sportiglione
• Ibero-Romance: (both via the nominative?)
  • Asturian: esperteyu
  • Galician: espertello
• Borrowings:
  • → Middle French: vespertille, vespertilion
  • → Translingual: Vespertilio

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “vĕspĕrtilio”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 708
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “vespertilio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 14: U–Z, page 348

Further reading

• “vespertilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vespertilio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette