different between flabellate vs flabellum

English

Etymology

From Latin flabellum + -ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl??b?l?t/
• Rhymes: -?l?t

Adjective

flabellate (comparative more flabellate, superlative most flabellate)

1. (botany, zoology) Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.

Translations

Usage notes

This term is used to describe the antennae of several kinds of beetles, where the last segments are shaped like a deck of cards. Flabellate antennae are a form of clubbed, or clavate antennae.

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

flabellate

1. feminine plural of flabellato

Participle

flabellate

1. feminine plural of flabellato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

flabellate

1. inflection of flabellare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Latin

Adjective

fl?bell?te

1. vocative masculine singular of fl?bell?tus

English

Etymology

From Latin flabellum (“fan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl??b?l?m/

Noun

flabellum (plural flabellums or flabella)

1. A large fan used for religious ceremonies.
2. (botany, zoology) Any fan-shaped structure.

Related terms

• flabellate

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of fl?brum (“breeze”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fla??bel.lum/, [f??ä??b?l?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fla?bel.lum/, [fl??b?l?um]

Noun

fl?bellum n (genitive fl?bell?); second declension

1. A small (hand-held) fan, especially for keeping off flies.
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) flabellum.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• fl?bell?

Descendants

• English: flabellum
• Portuguese: flabelo

References

• flabellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flabellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flabellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• flabellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• flabellum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flabellum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin