vapidus

Latin

Etymology

From vapor +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.pi.dus/, [ˈu̯äpɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.pi.dus/, [ˈväːpid̪us]

Adjective

vapidus (feminine vapida, neuter vapidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. that has emitted steam or vapor (i.e. its "spirit")
2. (of wine, etc.) flat or vapid; that has lost its freshness

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vapidus	vapida	vapidum		vapidī	vapidae	vapida
Genitive	vapidī	vapidae	vapidī		vapidōrum	vapidārum	vapidōrum
Dative	vapidō		vapidō		vapidīs
Accusative	vapidum	vapidam	vapidum		vapidōs	vapidās	vapida
Ablative	vapidō	vapidā	vapidō		vapidīs
Vocative	vapide	vapida	vapidum		vapidī	vapidae	vapida

Derived terms

• vapidē

Related terms

• vapor

Descendants

• → English: vapid

References

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