vespertilio
See also: Vespertilio
Italian
Noun
vespertilio m (plural vespertili)
- bat (flying animal)
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
From vesper (“evening”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯es.perˈtiː.li.oː/, [u̯ɛs̠pɛrˈt̪iːlʲioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ves.perˈti.li.o/, [vesperˈt̪iːlio]
Noun
vespertīliō m (genitive vespertīliōnis); third declension
- 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
Descendants
- Italian: vipistrello
- Translingual: Vespertilio
References
- “vespertilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vespertilio 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)
- vespertilio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.