different between valvae vs valva

English

Noun

valvae

1. plural of valva

Latin

Noun

valvae

1. nominative plural of valva
2. genitive singular of valva
3. dative singular of valva
4. vocative plural of valva

References

• valvae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• valvae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• valvae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin valva. Doublet of valve.

Noun

valva (plural valvae)

1. A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female.

Italian

Noun

valva f (plural valve)

1. (anatomy, zoology) valve, half shell

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”). Cognate with Latin volv? (“I roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?al.u?a/, [?u?ä??u?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?val.va/, [?v?lv?]

Noun

valva f (genitive valvae); first declension

1. double or folding door (in plural)
2. one leaf of such doors

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: valva
• ? Middle English: valve
  • English: valve
    • ? Japanese: ??? (barubu)
    • ? Thai: ????? (waao)

References

• valva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• valva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• valva in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Noun

valva f (plural valvas)

1. (anatomy) valve (membrane which permits passage in one direction)

   Synonym: válvula

Related terms

• válvula

Spanish

Noun

valva f (plural valvas)

1. (anatomy) valve