rosalia

See also: Rosalia and Rosalía

English

Etymology

Compare French rosalie. Doublet of rusalka.

Noun

rosalia (plural rosalias)

1. (music) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a tone or semi-tone higher or lower

   Synonym: melodic sequence

References

• “rosalia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Ariolas, solaria

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Rosalia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈza.lja/
• Rhymes: -alja
• Hyphenation: ro‧sà‧lia

Noun

rosalia f (plural rosalie)

1. any insect in the Rosalia taxonomic genus

Further reading

• rosalia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From rosāles [escae] ("an annual feast when tombs were adorned with rose garlands"), from rosa (“rose”).

Noun

rōsālia f (genitive rōsāliae); first declension

1. ceremony of hanging up the garlands of roses

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rōsālia	rōsāliae
genitive	rōsāliae	rōsāliārum
dative	rōsāliae	rōsāliīs
accusative	rōsāliam	rōsāliās
ablative	rōsāliā	rōsāliīs
vocative	rōsālia	rōsāliae

Descendants

• ⇒ Albanian: rshajë
• → Romanian: rozalii
• → Byzantine Greek: ῥουσάλια (rhousália)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: роусалиѩ (rusaliję)
    • Bulgarian: руса́лия (rusálija)
    • → Old East Slavic: русалиꙗ (rusalija)
      • ⇒ Russian: руса́лии (rusálii)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: руса́лії (rusáliji)
    • → Romanian: Rusalii

References

• rosalia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)