paropsis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παροψίς (paropsís), from παρα- (para-, “beside”) + ὄψον (ópson, “delicacies”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈrop.sis/, [päˈrɔps̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈrop.sis/, [päˈrɔpsis]

Noun

paropsis f (genitive paropsidis); third declension

1. a dish on which delicacies or dessert is served; any small dish

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	paropsis	paropsidēs
genitive	paropsidis	paropsidum
dative	paropsidī	paropsidibus
accusative	paropsidem	paropsidēs
ablative	paropside	paropsidibus
vocative	paropsis	paropsidēs

References

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