daps
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daps
Verb edit
daps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of dap
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *daps, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂ps (“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 edit
Noun edit
daps f (genitive dapis); third declension
- A sacrificial or solemn feast, religious banquet.
- A meal, banquet, feast.
- Synonyms: convīvium, epulum, epulae, fēsta, dominium, festīvitās, cōmissātiō
- (Medieval Latin) Fortune, wealth.
Declension edit
Note that the nominative is sometimes written as dapis and that the genitive plural and the dative singular do not occur. Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | daps | dapēs |
| Genitive | dapis | dapum |
| Dative | dapī | dapibus |
| Accusative | dapem | dapēs |
| Ablative | dape | dapibus |
| Vocative | daps | dapēs |
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References edit
- “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
- dapes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- daps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “daps”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 301
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161