daps
English
Noun
daps
Verb
daps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of dap
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *déh₂ps (“portion, sacrificial meal”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “expenditure”), δάπτω (dáptō, “I devour”), Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrifice”). Akin to damnum (“loss, expense”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /daps/, [d̪äps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /daps/, [d̪äps]
Noun
daps f (genitive dapis); third declension
Declension
Note that the nominative is sometimes written as dapis and that the genitive plural and the dative singular do not occur. Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | daps | dapēs |
| Genitive | dapis | dapum |
| Dative | dapī | dapibus |
| Accusative | dapem | dapēs |
| Ablative | dape | dapibus |
| Vocative | daps | dapēs |
Synonyms
- (banquet, feast): convīvium, dominium, festīvitās
Related terms
Descendants
- English: dapifer
References
- “daps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “daps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- daps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161