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Latin
Etymology
From umbra + -la (diminutive suffix).
Noun
umbella f (genitive umbellae); first declension
- A sunshade, parasol, or umbrella.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “umbella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “umbella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- umbella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “umbella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- umbella in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “umbella”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin