zinzala

Latin

Alternative forms

• tentiala

Etymology

Of imitative/onomatopoetic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈzin.za.la/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɪn̪d̪͡z̪äɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zin.d͡za.la/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ind̪͡z̪älä]

Noun

zinzala f (genitive zinzalae); first declension

1. (Late Latin, rustic) a type of gnat

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	zinzala	zinzalae
genitive	zinzalae	zinzalārum
dative	zinzalae	zinzalīs
accusative	zinzalam	zinzalās
ablative	zinzalā	zinzalīs
vocative	zinzala	zinzalae

Descendants

• Aromanian: tsãntsar
• Italian: zanzara
• Megleno-Romanian: ţănţar
• Old French: cincele
• Romanian: țânțar
• >? Spanish: cénzalo
• Venetan: sginsała, sginzała

References

• “zinzala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "zinzala", 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)
• zinzala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.