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Webster 1913 Edition


Papilio


Pa-pil′i-o

,
p
eop.
Noun.
[L., a butterfly.]
(Zool.)
A genus of butterflies.
☞ Formerly it included numerous species which are now placed in other genera. By many writers it is now restricted to the swallow-tailed butterflies, like
Papilio polyxenes
, syn.
Papilio asterias
, and related species.

Webster 1828 Edition


Papilio

PAPIL'IO

,
Noun.
[L.] A butterfly. In zoology a genus of insects of numerous species. These insects are produced from the caterpillar. The chrysalis is the tomb of the caterpillar and the cradle of the butterfly.

Definition 2024


Papilio

Papilio

See also: papilio

Translingual

Papilio machaon

Proper noun

Papilio m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Papilionidae.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

papilio

papilio

See also: Papilio

Esperanto

Papilio

Noun

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

  1. butterfly

See also


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

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