lapis
See also: lápis
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧pis
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Indonesian
Noun
lapis (plural lapis-lapis, first-person possessive lapisku, second-person possessive lapismu, third-person possessive lapisnya)
Adjective
lapis
- in layers
Kavalan
Latin
Etymology
May be connected with Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”), from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”). Confer with saxum - secō, rupēs - rumpō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.pis/, [ˈɫa.pɪs]
Noun
lapis m (genitive lapidis); third declension
- a stone
- a milestone
- a boundary stone
- gravestone, tombstone
- Lapis Manalis in Latin "stone of manes" covers the gate of Hades or underworld
- a stone platform at a slave auction
- a statue
- (poetic) jewel, precious stone
Declension
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lapis | lapidēs |
Genitive | lapidis | lapidum |
Dative | lapidī | lapidibus |
Accusative | lapidem | lapidēs |
Ablative | lapide | lapidibus |
Vocative | lapis | lapidēs |
Synonyms
- (a stone): saxum
Related terms
Descendants
References
- lapis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lapis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lapis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- lapis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- lapis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 678
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