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

Noun

vappō m (genitive vappōnis); third declension

  1. a moth, butterfly

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vappō vappōnēs
genitive vappōnis vappōnum
dative vappōnī vappōnibus
accusative vappōnem vappōnēs
ablative vappōne vappōnibus
vocative vappō vappōnēs

References

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “vappo”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 733