parapsis

English

Etymology 1

Noun

parapsis (plural parapses or parapsides)

1. (especially in plural) The lateral part(s) of the mesoscutum of certain hymenopteran insects

Derived terms

• parapsidal furrow

Etymology 2

See para-, hapto-.

Noun

parapsis

1. (rare, pathology) An abnormality in the sense of touch

Latin

Alternative forms

• paropsis

Noun

parapsis f (genitive parapsidis); third declension

1. serving dish

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	parapsis	parapsidēs
Genitive	parapsidis	parapsidum
Dative	parapsidī	parapsidibus
Accusative	parapsidem	parapsidēs
Ablative	parapside	parapsidibus
Vocative	parapsis	parapsidēs

References

• “parapsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “parapsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• parapsis 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)
• parapsis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.