vappo
Latin
Etymology
Maybe from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to flutter and related to Ancient Greek ἠπίολος (ēpíolos, “moth”) and German wabern (“to flicker”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwap.poː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvap.po]
Noun
vappō m (genitive vappōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vappō | vappōnēs |
| genitive | vappōnis | vappōnum |
| dative | vappōnī | vappōnibus |
| accusative | vappōnem | vappōnēs |
| ablative | vappōne | vappōnibus |
| vocative | vappō | vappōnēs |
Related terms
References
- “vappo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “vappo”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 733