vappa

Latin

Etymology

See vapidus.

Pronunciation

Noun

vappa f (genitive vappae); first declension

  1. flat wine (wine that is almost vinegar)
  2. (figuratively, by extension) worthless person, fop

Usage notes

In the second sense, it may be also used as a masculine noun.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vappa vappae
Genitive vappae vappārum
Dative vappae vappīs
Accusative vappam vappās
Ablative vappā vappīs
Vocative vappa vappae

Descendants
  • Asturian: guapu
  • Portuguese: vapa
  • Sicilian: vappu
  • Spanish: guapo (see there for further descendants)

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