LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculine

vespertillum

*vespertillum m

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancemasculinereconstructionbat (flying animal)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative/βesperˈtellos//βesperˈtelli/

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷséps?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wek⁽ʷ⁾speros
  3. Proto-Italic*wesperos
  4. Latinvespertillum

Latin vespertiliō Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin *vespertillum From vespertiliō + -lum.

Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianvipistrello
  • Italianvispistrello
  • Italianpipistrello
  • Frenchpipistrelle
  • Istriotbarbastél
  • Tuscanypripistellofrom Italian vipistrello
  • Tuscanyprimpistellofrom Italian vipistrello
  • Tuscanypilistrellofrom Italian vipistrello
  • Tuscanypilustrellofrom Italian vipistrello
  • Tuscanypellistrellofrom Italian vipistrello
Occitano-Romance
  • Catalanbarbastella
  • Frenchbarbastellefrom Catalan barbastella
North Italian
  • Emilianpalpastrel
  • Emilianparpastrel
  • Emilianbarbastel
  • Emilianbalbastrel
  • Emilianbarbastjé
  • Friulianbarbastin
  • Friulianbarbastrin
  • Romagnolbalbastrel
  • Venetanbarbastrello
  • Venetanbarbasteo

Quick answers

What does vespertillum mean in Latin?
vespertillum, a noun, means “bat (flying animal)”.
Where does vespertillum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps? → Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros → Proto-Italic *wesperos → Latin vespertillum.