- Aprīlis, of
uncertain meaning but
usually derived from some form of the verb
aperire ("to open") or the name of the
goddess Aphrodite May (31 days), from Latin...
-
quiche or olives. Apéritif is a
French word
derived from the
Latin verb
aperire,
which means "to open". The
French colloquial word for apéritif is apéro...
- of this name is uncertain. The
traditional etymology is from the verb
aperire, "to open", in
allusion to its
being the
season when
trees and flowers...
-
dierum let the
ancients worship the
ancient of days The
motto of
Chester aperire terram gentibus open the land to
nations Motto of
Ferdinand de Lesseps...
- for sulphuric.
April may
relate to the
Etruscan goddess Apru or the verb
aperire ("to open").[citation needed] May and June may
honor Maia and Juno or derive...
- (Latin
Mensis Aprilis)
which Roman etymologists understood to
derive from
aperire, "to open", with
reference to the
springtime blossoming of
trees and flowers...
- the Pontifical: "Percutere
cymbalum et campanam,
aperire ecclesiam et sacrarium, et
librum ei
aperire qui prædicat" (to ring the bell, to open the church...
-
dierum let the
ancients worship the
ancient of days The
motto of
Chester aperire terram gentibus open the land to
nations Motto of
Ferdinand de Lesseps...
- apocryphal, apogee, aporrhinosis, apostasy,
apostate aper- open
Latin aperire aperient, apéritif, aperitive, aperture, overt, overture, pert aphrod-...
- Kalends. The
Romans thought that the name
Aprilis derived from aperio,
aperire, apertus, a verb
meaning "to open". The
Fasti Praenestini offered the expanded...
