adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
Aprīlis1
Aprīlis (neuter Aprīle)
Classical[aˈpriː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[aˈpriː.lis]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- two terminationOf April.
Tu autem quadringentiens sestertium quod Idibus Martiis debuisti quonam modo ante Kalendas Aprilis debere desisti?
44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippicae 2.93.6 (This can be understood either as an accusative plural adjective in -īs or a genitive singular noun in -is)Is et in contione senatus consultum recitavit et edixit ut quicumque libros vaticinos precationesve aut artem sacrificandi conscriptam haberet eos libros omnes litterasque ad se ante kalendas Apriles deferret neu quis in publico sacrove loco novo aut externo ritu sacrificaret.
27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 25.1.12.4
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aprīlis | Aprīlis | — |
| genitive | Aprīlis | Aprīlis | — |
| dative | Aprīlī | Aprīlī | — |
| accusative | Aprīlem | Aprīlem | — |
| ablative | Aprīlī | Aprīlī | — |
| vocative | Aprīlis | Aprīlis | — |
Ā^prīlis, is qs. contr. from aperilis, from aperio; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, 33, p. 86 Müll.; Cincius ap. Macr. S. 1, 12; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 43 (orig. adj.; sc. mensis), m.,
I. the month of April (as the month in which the earth opens and softens):
Sex ubi luces Aprilis habebit, Ov. F. 4, 901.—With mensis expressed: mense Aprili, Cic. Phil. 2, 39, 100: Qui dies mensem Veneris marinae Findit Aprilem, Hor. C. 4, 11, 15.—Adj., of or pertaining to April: Nonarum Aprilium, Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 8; 1, 9, 8: Datis mane a. d. Id. April. Scriptis litteris, id. ad Brut. 2, 4, 1: Apriles Idus, Ov. F. 4, 621.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Aprīlis is, adj.
aperio, of April: mensis: Nonae.—As subst, April, O.
Origins
Perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).