The corpus record — Latin

papilio

moth, butterfly

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Where it lives

Ad Martyras 1 · 6.72/10k
Pescennius Niger 1 · 4.39/10k
Alexander Severus 2 · 1.87/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4 · 0.51/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3 · 0.43/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Naturalis Historia 9 · 0.23/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

1. papiliO — de Vaan

papiliO 'moth, butterfly' [m, n] (Ov.+) Pit *pV(l)pVl·. IE cognates: OPr.penpalo 'quail', OPr.pepelis, \pV\pippalins 'bird', Lith.piepala* Latv. paipala, Ru. perepel, Cz. prepel, kfepel 'quail', OIc. fifrildi, OEfifealde,OHG fifaltra, MHGfifalier 'butterfly7 < VGm.*fifalor6n*. Pa-pilid can reflect reduplication of a root *pl- 'to fly, flutter', which has also served to build the word for 'quail' in BSL and … — [de Vaan, s.v. papiliO, p. 458]

2. pāpĭlĭo — Lewis & Short

pāpĭlĭo, ōnis, m.cf. pa/llw, brandish; palpitare, pila,

I a butterfly, moth.

I Lit.: ferali mutant cum papilione figuram, Ov. M. 15, 374; cf. Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65; 21, 14, 47, § 81; 28, 10, 45, § 162.—Also of other winged insects, Plin. 11, 32, 37, § 112; 11, 23, 27, § 77.—

II Transf., a tent, pavilion: in expeditionibus apertis papilionibus prandit atque coenavit, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 51; Spart. Pescen. 11; Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 16; Tert. ad Mart. 3; Vulg. Exod. 33, 8; id. Num. 16, 27; id. 2 Reg. 11, 11. The Fratres Arvales also made use of such tents when making their offerings in the grove of Dia, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. n. 41.

In the wild

papiliones Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.14.p2
papilionis Martial, Epigrammata 8.33.8
papilione Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4.17.p4
papilio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.14.p2
papilionem Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 5.6.p1
papiliones Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.25.p1

6 of 25 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. papiliO (scan p. 458; entry #1251). Root candidates: *pleu-.

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