zopissa

English edit

Noun edit

zopissa (uncountable)

(medicine, obsolete) An old medicinal mixture of pitch and tar scraped from the sides of ships.

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /zoːˈpis.sa/, [d̪͡z̪oːˈpɪs̠ːä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zoˈpis.sa/, [d̪͡z̪oˈpisːä]

Noun edit

zōpissa f (genitive zōpissae); first declension

Tar or pitch that is mixed with wax, which was scraped off from ships.

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zōpissa	zōpissae
Genitive	zōpissae	zōpissārum
Dative	zōpissae	zōpissīs
Accusative	zōpissam	zōpissās
Ablative	zōpissā	zōpissīs
Vocative	zōpissa	zōpissae

References edit

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

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