LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

āpetalus

āpetalus (feminine āpetala, neuter āpetalum)
Classical[aːˈpɛ.ta.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[aˈpɛː.ta.lus]

Meaning

  1. New Latinadjectiveapetalous (having no petals, or bearing flowers without petals)
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:apetalus.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeāpetalusāpetalaāpetalum
genitiveāpetalīāpetalaeāpetalī
dativeāpetalōāpetalaeāpetalō
accusativeāpetalumāpetalamāpetalum
ablativeāpetalōāpetalāāpetalō
vocativeāpetaleāpetalaāpetalum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeāpetalīāpetalaeāpetala
genitiveāpetalōrumāpetalārumāpetalōrum
dativeāpetalīsāpetalīsāpetalīs
accusativeāpetalōsāpetalāsāpetala
ablativeāpetalīsāpetalīsāpetalīs
vocativeāpetalīāpetalaeāpetala

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓πέτᾰλος (āpétălos).

Descendants
  • Englishapetalous
  • Frenchapétale
  • Italianapetalo
  • Portugueseapétalo
  • taxonomic nameAkebia apetala
  • taxonomic nameAnisophyllea apetala
  • taxonomic nameApetalae
  • taxonomic nameAppendiculella calophylli var. apetali
  • taxonomic nameArabidopsis thaliana var. apetala
  • taxonomic nameArtemisia apetala

In English words that came into English from āpetalus

  • apetalousāpetalus

Quick answers

What does āpetalus mean in Latin?
āpetalus, a adjective, means “apetalous (having no petals, or bearing flowers without petals)”.
How do you pronounce āpetalus?
In classical Latin, [aːˈpɛ.ta.ɫʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈpɛː.ta.lus].