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.

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

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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