vappa

Latin

Etymology

See vapidus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ap.pa/, [ˈu̯äpːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvap.pa/, [ˈväpːä]

Noun

vappa f (genitive vappae); first declension

1. flat wine (wine that is almost vinegar)
2. (figuratively, derogatory, by extension) worthless person, fop

Usage notes

In the second sense, it may be also used as a masculine noun.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vappa	vappae
Genitive	vappae	vappārum
Dative	vappae	vappīs
Accusative	vappam	vappās
Ablative	vappā	vappīs
Vocative	vappa	vappae

Descendants

• Asturian: guapu
• Portuguese: vapa
• Sicilian: vappu
• Spanish: guapo (see there for further descendants)

References

• “vappa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vappa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vappa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vappa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vappa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin