pappo

See also: pappò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpap.po/
• Rhymes: -appo
• Hyphenation: pàp‧po

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare pappa, pappare.

Noun

pappo m (plural pappi)

1. (childish) food

Further reading

• pappo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin pappus from Ancient Greek πάππος (páppos), affectionate term for elderly men (referencing beards).

Noun

pappo m (plural pappi)

1. (botany) pappus

Further reading

• pappo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pappo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pappare

Anagrams

• poppa

Latin

Alternative forms

• papō

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly a nursery word of imitative origin, or from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“eat, feed”)) from which are derived pāscō, pastor, pābulum, pābulor.

Compare with English pap, Portuguese papar, Bulgarian папам, Serbo-Croatian папати/papati, German Pappe, Czech papat.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpap.poː/, [ˈpäpːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpap.po/, [ˈpäpːo]

Verb

pappō (present infinitive pappāre, perfect active pappāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to eat, eat pap

   liberto opus est quod pappet, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 62

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pappō (first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pappō		pappās		pappat		pappāmus		pappātis		pappant
	imperfect	pappābam		pappābās		pappābat		pappābāmus		pappābātis		pappābant
	future	pappābō		pappābis		pappābit		pappābimus		pappābitis		pappābunt
	perfect	pappāvī		pappāvistī		pappāvit		pappāvimus		pappāvistis		pappāvērunt, pappāvēre
	pluperfect	pappāveram		pappāverās		pappāverat		pappāverāmus		pappāverātis		pappāverant
	future perfect	pappāverō		pappāveris		pappāverit		pappāverimus		pappāveritis		pappāverint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pappem		pappēs		pappet		pappēmus		pappētis		pappent
	imperfect	pappārem		pappārēs		pappāret		pappārēmus		pappārētis		pappārent
	perfect	pappāverim		pappāverīs		pappāverit		pappāverīmus		pappāverītis		pappāverint
	pluperfect	pappāvissem		pappāvissēs		pappāvisset		pappāvissēmus		pappāvissētis		pappāvissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pappā		—		—		pappāte		—
	future	—		pappātō		pappātō		—		pappātōte		pappantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pappāre			—			pappāns			—
perfect		pappāvisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pappandī		pappandō		pappandum		pappandō		—		—

Synonyms

• edō

Related terms

• pappa

Descendants

• Catalan: papar
• Galician: papar
• Italian: pappare
• Old French: paper
• Portuguese: papar
• Romanian: păpa
• Sardinian: papai
• Sicilian: papa- (prefix used in compound names, followed by a type of food)
• Spanish: papar

References

• “pappo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pappo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• pappo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016