"blatta" meaning in Latin

See blatta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈbɫat.ta] [Classical-Latin], [ˈblat.ta] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: No clear etymology. Possibly related to Ancient Greek βλάπτω (bláptō, “to disable, hinder, harm”). Etymology templates: {{cog|grc|βλάπτω|t=to disable, hinder, harm}} Ancient Greek βλάπτω (bláptō, “to disable, hinder, harm”) Head templates: {{la-noun|blatta<1>}} blatta f (genitive blattae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|blatta<1>}} Forms: blattae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], blatta [nominative, singular], blattae [nominative, plural], blattae [genitive, singular], blattārum [genitive, plural], blattae [dative, singular], blattīs [dative, plural], blattam [accusative, singular], blattās [accusative, plural], blattā [ablative, singular], blattīs [ablative, plural], blatta [singular, vocative], blattae [plural, vocative]
  1. any insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach, moth Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-blatta-la-noun-nD5GQaKS Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Insects Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 47 53 Disambiguation of Insects: 91 9
  2. a clot of blood Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-blatta-la-noun-FL7cDZ6A Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blattārius, blattea, blatteus, blattiārius, blattifer

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "blattārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "blattea"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "blatteus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "blattiārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "blattifer"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "blatte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "blatta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "barata"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "bratta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "barata"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "piattola"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Vulgar Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "*blattula"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βλάπτω",
        "t": "to disable, hinder, harm"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βλάπτω (bláptō, “to disable, hinder, harm”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "No clear etymology. Possibly related to Ancient Greek βλάπτω (bláptō, “to disable, hinder, harm”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blattae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blatta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blatta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blatta<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "blatta f (genitive blattae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blatta<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "la:Insects",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach, moth"
      ],
      "id": "en-blatta-la-noun-nD5GQaKS",
      "links": [
        [
          "cockroach",
          "cockroach"
        ],
        [
          "moth",
          "moth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a clot of blood"
      ],
      "id": "en-blatta-la-noun-FL7cDZ6A",
      "links": [
        [
          "clot",
          "clot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɫat.ta]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblat.ta]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blatta"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Insects"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "blattārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "blattea"
    },
    {
      "word": "blatteus"
    },
    {
      "word": "blattiārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "blattifer"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "blatte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "blatta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "barata"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "bratta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "barata"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "piattola"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Vulgar Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "*blattula"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βλάπτω",
        "t": "to disable, hinder, harm"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βλάπτω (bláptō, “to disable, hinder, harm”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "No clear etymology. Possibly related to Ancient Greek βλάπτω (bláptō, “to disable, hinder, harm”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blattae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blatta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blatta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blattae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blatta<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "blatta f (genitive blattae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blatta<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach, moth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cockroach",
          "cockroach"
        ],
        [
          "moth",
          "moth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a clot of blood"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clot",
          "clot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɫat.ta]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblat.ta]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blatta"
}

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