drapeta

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δραπέτης (drapétēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdraː.pe.ta/, [ˈd̪räːpɛt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdra.pe.ta/, [ˈd̪räːpet̪ä]

Noun

drāpeta m (genitive drāpetae); first declension

1. a runaway slave

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	drāpeta	drāpetae
Genitive	drāpetae	drāpetārum
Dative	drāpetae	drāpetīs
Accusative	drāpetam	drāpetās
Ablative	drāpetā	drāpetīs
Vocative	drāpeta	drāpetae

References

• “drapeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• drapeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.