insecto

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Galician

Noun

insecto m (plural insectos)

  1. insect

Latin

Participle

īnsectō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnsectus

References

  • insecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insecto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • insecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • insecto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

insecto m (plural insectos)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of inseto. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

insecto f

  1. vocative singular of insectă

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsecta (insects) (attested in Pliny only in the plural), a calque of ἔντομα (éntoma, insects, literally dissected), from their segmented bodies, from εν- (en-) + τόμος (tómos, slice); calqued based on īnsectus (notched, dissected), perfect passive participle of īnsecō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈseɡto/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɡto
  • Syllabification: in‧sec‧to

Noun

insecto m (plural insectos)

  1. insect

Derived terms

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