popa

See also: Popa, pópa, pöpa, popã, and popă

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Noun

popa f (plural popes)

1. stern, poop

Antonyms

• proba

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From , from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Noun

popa f (plural popes)

1. stern, poop

Antonyms

• proa

Etymology 2

From Latin puppa, variant of pūpa (“girl”).

Noun

popa f (plural popes)

1. (colloquial, Lleida) boob, titty

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: popas, popât

Verb

popa

1. third-person singular past historic of poper

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Noun

popa f (plural popas)

1. stern, poop

Antonyms

• proa

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.pa/, [ˈpɔpä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.pa/, [ˈpɔːpä]

Noun

popa m (genitive popae); first declension

1. A priest's assistant (at a sacrifice)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	popa	popae
Genitive	popae	popārum
Dative	popae	popīs
Accusative	popam	popās
Ablative	popā	popīs
Vocative	popa	popae

Noun

popa f (genitive popae); first declension

1. A woman who sold animals for sacrifice

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	popa	popae
Genitive	popae	popārum
Dative	popae	popīs
Accusative	popam	popās
Ablative	popā	popīs
Vocative	popa	popae

Descendants

• → Portuguese: popa

References

• “popa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “popa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• popa 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)
• popa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “popa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “popa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.pɒ/

Noun

popa f (plural popas)

1. (nautical) stern, poop

Antonyms

• proa

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Noun

popa f (plural popas)

1. stern, poop

Antonyms

• proa

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Noun

popa f (plural popas)

1. stern (back of a boat or ship)

Antonyms

• proa