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Galician
Noun
insecto m (plural insectos)
- insect
Latin
Participle
īnsectō
- 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)
- 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
- 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/
- Rhymes: -eɡto
- Syllabification: in‧sec‧to
Noun
insecto m (plural insectos)
- insect
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