parapsis

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

parapsis (plural parapses or parapsides)

  1. (especially in plural) The lateral part(s) of the mesoscutum of certain hymenopteran insects
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See para-, hapto-.

Noun[edit]

parapsis

  1. (rare, pathology) An abnormality in the sense of touch

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

parapsis f (genitive parapsidis); third declension

  1. serving dish

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative parapsis parapsidēs
Genitive parapsidis parapsidum
Dative parapsidī parapsidibus
Accusative parapsidem parapsidēs
Ablative parapside parapsidibus
Vocative parapsis parapsidēs

References[edit]

  • parapsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • parapsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • parapsis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • parapsis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette