daps

English

Noun

daps

  1. plural of dap

Verb

daps

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dap

Anagrams


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

Noun

daps f (genitive dapis); third declension

  1. A sacrificial or solemn feast, religious banquet.
  2. A meal, banquet, feast.

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

Descendants

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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