lapso

See also: lapsõ

Latin

Etymology

From lāpsus, perfect active participle of lābor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlaːp.soː/, [ˈɫ̪äːps̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlap.so/, [ˈläpso]

Verb

lāpsō (present infinitive lāpsāre, perfect active lāpsāvī, supine lāpsātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive

1. to slip, slide, stumble, fall

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lāpsō (first conjugation, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lāpsō		lāpsās		lāpsat		lāpsāmus		lāpsātis		lāpsant
	imperfect	lāpsābam		lāpsābās		lāpsābat		lāpsābāmus		lāpsābātis		lāpsābant
	future	lāpsābō		lāpsābis		lāpsābit		lāpsābimus		lāpsābitis		lāpsābunt
	perfect	lāpsāvī		lāpsāvistī		lāpsāvit		lāpsāvimus		lāpsāvistis		lāpsāvērunt, lāpsāvēre
	pluperfect	lāpsāveram		lāpsāverās		lāpsāverat		lāpsāverāmus		lāpsāverātis		lāpsāverant
	future perfect	lāpsāverō		lāpsāveris		lāpsāverit		lāpsāverimus		lāpsāveritis		lāpsāverint
passive	present	—		—		lāpsātur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		lāpsābātur		—		—		—
	future	—		—		lāpsābitur		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		lāpsātum est		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		lāpsātum erat		—		—		—
	future perfect	—		—		lāpsātum erit		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lāpsem		lāpsēs		lāpset		lāpsēmus		lāpsētis		lāpsent
	imperfect	lāpsārem		lāpsārēs		lāpsāret		lāpsārēmus		lāpsārētis		lāpsārent
	perfect	lāpsāverim		lāpsāverīs		lāpsāverit		lāpsāverīmus		lāpsāverītis		lāpsāverint
	pluperfect	lāpsāvissem		lāpsāvissēs		lāpsāvisset		lāpsāvissēmus		lāpsāvissētis		lāpsāvissent
passive	present	—		—		lāpsētur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		lāpsārētur		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		lāpsātum sit		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		lāpsātum esset		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		lāpsā		—		—		lāpsāte		—
	future	—		lāpsātō		lāpsātō		—		lāpsātōte		lāpsantō
passive	future	—		—		lāpsātor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		lāpsāre			lāpsārī			lāpsāns			—
future		lāpsātūrum esse			lāpsātum īrī			lāpsātūrus			lāpsandum
perfect		lāpsāvisse			lāpsātum esse			—			lāpsātum
future perfect		—			lāpsātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		lāpsātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		lāpsandī		lāpsandō		lāpsandum		lāpsandō		lāpsātum		lāpsātū

Participle

lāpsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lāpsus

References

• “lapso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lapso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lapso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lāpsus (“a sliding, falling”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.pi.su/, /ˈlap.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.pi.su/, /ˈlap.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlap.so/, /ˈla.pi.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.psu/

• Rhymes: -apsu
• Hyphenation: lap‧so

Noun

lapso m (plural lapsos)

1. lapse (a temporary failure; a slip)

   Lapso de memória ― Memory lapse.

Further reading

• “lapso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lāpsus (“a sliding, falling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlabso/ [ˈlaβ̞.so]
• Rhymes: -abso
• Syllabification: lap‧so

Noun

lapso m (plural lapsos)

1. a lapse

Derived terms

• lapso de tiempo

Related terms

• relapso

Further reading

• “lapso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10