Translingual

Proper noun

Blatta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Blattidae – cockroaches.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - supercohort; Dictyoptera - cohort; Blattodea - order; Blattidae - family; Blattinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Blatta orientalis - type species; Blatta furcata – species

Derived terms

• Blattella
• Archiblatta
• Cartoblatta
• Celatoblatta
• Celeriblattina
• Eroblatta
• Lamproblatta
• Maoriblatta

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbla.tːa/, [ˈbl̺at̪.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: blàt‧ta

Noun

blatta f ‎(plural blatte)

1. cockroach

Synonyms

• scarafaggio m

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈblat.ta/, [ˈbɫat.ta]

Noun

blatta f ‎(genitive blattae); first declension

1. any insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach, moth, bookworm, mantid
2. a clot of blood

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

• French : blatte
• Italian: blatta
• Portuguese: barata
• Translingual: Blatta

References

• blatta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• blatta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• BLATTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “blatta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• blatta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• blatta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin