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volucra

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ラテン語

語源

From volvō (“to roll”). Compare convolvulus, involvulus. Sen 2015 considers its development to be connected to that of volucer (“flying, winged”).

発音

名詞

volū̆cra f (genitive volū̆crae); first declension

  1. A kind of worm or caterpillar that wraps itself up in vine-leaves
    • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Arboribus 15.1.Genus est animalis, volucra appellatur; id fere praerodit teneros adhuc pampinos et uvas.

語形変化

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative volū̆cra volū̆crae
genitive volū̆crae volū̆crārum
dative volū̆crae volū̆crīs
accusative volū̆cram volū̆crās
ablative volū̆crā volū̆crīs
vocative volū̆cra volū̆crae

参照

  1. ↑ Sen, Ranjan (2015), Syllable and Segment in Latin, Oxford University Press, pages 107, 116
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “volvō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 690: “Short -u- appears to be preserved in volucra / -is with its specialized meaning 'caterpillar' < *'wrapping itself up'.”

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