vappo
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ap.poː/, [ˈu̯äpːoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvap.po/, [ˈväpːo]
Noun
[edit]vappō m (genitive vappōnis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vappō | vappōnēs |
| Genitive | vappōnis | vappōnum |
| Dative | vappōnī | vappōnibus |
| Accusative | vappōnem | vappōnēs |
| Ablative | vappōne | vappōnibus |
| Vocative | vappō | vappōnēs |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “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