LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

nāpellus

nāpellus m (genitive nāpellī)
Classical[naːˈpɛl.lʊs]Ecclesiastical[naˈpɛl.lus]

Meaning

  1. Medieval LatinNew Latinmonkshood (Aconitum napellus)
  2. some variety of turnip (Brassica napus), navew

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenāpellusnāpellī
genitivenāpellīnāpellōrum
dativenāpellōnāpellīs
accusativenāpellumnāpellōs
ablativenāpellōnāpellīs
vocativenāpellenāpellī

Origins

nāpus + -ellus. Apparently fabricated independently once after the vernaculars in Spain denoting their local subspecies Aconitum napellus subsp. castellanum, whereas in general the plant was unknown in Southern Europe and hence to the Romans, see distribution of subspecies on German Wikipedia, thereafter only to some alpine subspecies later learned in Northwestern Italy, and once in Northern France to denote a turnip.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesenapello
  • Spanishanapélofrom Mozarabic نَبَّال
  • Spanishanapelofrom Mozarabic نَبَّال
  • Spanishnapélofrom Mozarabic نَبَّال
  • Spanishnapelofrom Mozarabic نَبَّال
  • Asturiannabiellu
  • Leonesenabieyo
  • Leonesenabiello
  • Leonesenabizuela
  • Leonesenabilla
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Englishnavewfrom Old French navel
  • Englishnaphewfrom Old French navel
  • Frenchnapelfrom Middle French napel
Italo-Romance
  • Italiannapello
  • Italiannappello
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalannapel
  • Provençalnapel
Elsewhere
  • Englishnapelline
Padanian
  • Piedmontesenapel
  • Lombardmapél

In English words that came into English from nāpellus

  • napellusnāpellus
  • navewnāpellus

Quick answers

What does nāpellus mean in Latin?
nāpellus, a noun, means “monkshood (Aconitum napellus); some variety of turnip (Brassica napus), navew”.
What is the genitive of nāpellus?
The genitive singular is nāpellī. nāpellus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce nāpellus?
In classical Latin, [naːˈpɛl.lʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [naˈpɛl.lus].