collapsus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of collābor (“collapse”).

Participle

collāpsus (feminine collāpsa, neuter collāpsum); first/second-declension participle

1. collapsed, fallen in, having collapsed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	collāpsus	collāpsa	collāpsum		collāpsī	collāpsae	collāpsa
Genitive	collāpsī	collāpsae	collāpsī		collāpsōrum	collāpsārum	collāpsōrum
Dative	collāpsō		collāpsō		collāpsīs
Accusative	collāpsum	collāpsam	collāpsum		collāpsōs	collāpsās	collāpsa
Ablative	collāpsō	collāpsā	collāpsō		collāpsīs
Vocative	collāpse	collāpsa	collāpsum		collāpsī	collāpsae	collāpsa

References

• “collapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• collapsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the house suddenly fell in ruins: domus subita ruina collapsa est