daps
English
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dh₂ps (“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) IPA(key): /daps/
Noun
daps f (genitive dapis); third declension
Inflection
Note that the nominative is sometimes written as dapis and that the genitive plural and the dative singular do not occur. Third declension.
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
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, page 161
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