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Aprilis
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április aprīlis
Latin
Alternative forms
la aprīlis alternative case form
Etymology
la April Aprīlis :der<unc> ett:𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀<ety:der<grc:Ᾰ̓φροδῑ́τη>>
Perhaps based on la ett 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 apru, from la grc Ἀφροδίτη Venus.
Pronunciation
Aprīlis 1
Adjective
Aprīlis
Of April.
la Cicero Philippicae 2 93 6 Tu autem quadringentiens sestertium quod Idibus Martiis debuisti quonam modo ante Kalendas Aprilis debere desisti? This can be understood either as an accusative plural adjective in -īs358 https://books.google.com/books?id=4G8OAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA358 Preparatory Latin Prose-book... Hanson J. H. 1870 21st or a genitive singular noun in -is
la Livy Ab Urbe Condita 25 1 12 4 Is et in contione senatus consultum recitavit et edixit ut quicumque libros vaticinos precationesve aut artem sacrificandi conscriptam haberet eos libros omnes litterasque ad se ante kalendas Apriles deferret neu quis in publico sacrove loco novo aut externo ritu sacrificaret.
la Livy Ab Urbe Condita 29 14 14 2 Eae per manus, succedentes deinde aliae aliis, omni obuiam effusa ciuitate, turibulis ante ianuas positis qua praeferebatur atque accenso ture precantibus ut volens propitiaque urbem Romanam iniret, in aedem Victoriae quae est in Palatio pertulere deam pridie idus Apriles; isque dies festus fuit.
la Livy Ab Urbe Condita 44 19 4 2 Et ne quid profectionem suam teneret, pridie idus Apriles Latinis esse constitutam diem.
la Hor. C. 4 11 14 15 quī diēs mēnsem Veneris marīnae findit Aprīlem the day that halves sea-born Venus’s month of April
la Ovid Fasti 4 621 Occupat Apriles Idus cognomine Victor / Iuppiter: hac illi sunt data templa die.
la Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia 10 124 2 Hoc gestum M. Servilio C. Cestio cos. a. d. V kal. Apriles.
la Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia 17 189 4 Quidam ita determinant: veterem semel a vindemia ante brumam, cum alii ablaqueare et stercorare satis put(e)nt, iterum ab idibus Aprilibus, antequam concipiat, hoc est in VI idus Maias; dein prius quam florere incipiat et cum defloruerit et variante se uva.
la Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia 18 169 6 Hoc fit Novembri mense incipiente, postea pauci runcant—botanismon vocant—, reliqua pars non nisi cum falce arva visit paulo ante kal. Apriles.
Usage notes
Declension
Aprīlis 1
In medieval and New Latin, the ablative singular can also be found as la Aprīle.
Proper noun
Aprīlis<3.abl-i> m
la fourth month April
la Ov. F. 4 901
Declension
Aprīlis<3.abl-i>
In medieval and New Latin, the ablative singular can also be found as la Aprīle.
Descendants
Balkan Romance
rup aprir
ro prier
Italo-Dalmatian
co aprile
dlm aprail
ist avrìl
it aprile
nap abbrile
scn aprili
Padanian:
egl avréll
fur Avrîl
lld oril
pms avril avrì auril
rgn abrìl
rm avregl avrigl avrel
vec avril
Northern Gallo-Romance:
frp avril avrel avréoul avrics avrin
fro avril
Southern Gallo-Romance:
an abril
ca abril
oc abriu All dialects except most Lengadocian
oc-auv abrieu, oc abriau
oc-gas abrieu
oc-lan abril, oc abrièl, oc abrial, oc abriòl
oc-lim abrie, oc abria, oc abriau
oc-viv abrieu
Ibero-Romance:
roa-ole abril
ast abril
mwl abril
roa-opt abril
osp
lad avril
es abril
Insular Romance:
sc abriri albile aprile arbile
Borrowings
sq prill 1
eu apiril 1
cel-bry-pro *ėbrɨll 1
br Ebrel
cnx Ebral
kw Ebrel Ebryl
cy Ebrill
gkm Ἀπρίλιος 1
el Απρίλιος 1
cu априль 1
1 orv априль апрѣль
ru апрель
ro aprilie 1 via some Slavic language
dum april 1
nl april
li eprèl, li april
goh abrello 1
sga Apréil 1
See also
Roman calendar
References
Further reading
la Months