appulsus

Latin

Alternative forms

• adpulsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /apˈpul.sus/, [äpˈpʊɫ̪s̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /apˈpul.sus/, [äpˈpulsus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of appellō.

Participle

appulsus (feminine appulsa, neuter appulsum); first/second-declension participle

1. having been driven (to)
2. having been landed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	appulsus	appulsa	appulsum		appulsī	appulsae	appulsa
Genitive	appulsī	appulsae	appulsī		appulsōrum	appulsārum	appulsōrum
Dative	appulsō		appulsō		appulsīs
Accusative	appulsum	appulsam	appulsum		appulsōs	appulsās	appulsa
Ablative	appulsō	appulsā	appulsō		appulsīs
Vocative	appulse	appulsa	appulsum		appulsī	appulsae	appulsa

Etymology 2

appellō (“to drive, land”) +‎ -tus (forming action nouns)

Noun

appulsus m (genitive appulsūs); fourth declension

1. driving (of livestock, etc.)
2. (nautical) landing, bringing to land
3. approach, influence

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	appulsus	appulsūs
Genitive	appulsūs	appulsuum
Dative	appulsuī	appulsibus
Accusative	appulsum	appulsūs
Ablative	appulsū	appulsibus
Vocative	appulsus	appulsūs

References

• “appulsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “appulsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers