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Webster 1913 Edition
Papilio
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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.
Definition 2024
Papilio
Papilio
See also: papilio
Translingual
Papilio machaon
Proper noun
Papilio m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Papilionidae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Papilionidae - family; Papilioninae - subfamily; Papilionini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Papilio machaon - type species; for other subgenera, species groups, and species see
Papilio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
papilio
papilio
See also: Papilio
Esperanto
Papilio
Noun
papilio (accusative singular papilion, plural papilioj, accusative plural papiliojn)
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
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
- Catalan: papallona, papalló, papaió
- Esperanto: papilio
- French: papillon, pavillon
- English pavilion
- Ido: papiliono
- Interlingua: papilion
- Norman: papillote
- Novial: papilione
- Spanish: pabellón
References
- papilio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- papilio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PAPILIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “papilio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- papilio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers