vappa
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See vapidus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ap.pa/, [ˈu̯äpːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvap.pa/, [ˈväpːä]
Noun
[edit]vappa f (genitive vappae); first declension
- flat wine (wine that is almost vinegar)
- (figuratively, derogatory, by extension) worthless person, fop
Usage notes
[edit]In the second sense, it may be also used as a masculine noun.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vappa | vappae |
| genitive | vappae | vappārum |
| dative | vappae | vappīs |
| accusative | vappam | vappās |
| ablative | vappā | vappīs |
| vocative | vappa | vappae |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “vappa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vappa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vappa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “vappa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “vappa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin