collapsus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of collābor (“collapse”).

Participle

collāpsus (feminine collāpsa, neuter collāpsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. collapsed, fallen in, having collapsed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative collāpsus collāpsa collāpsum collāpsī collāpsae collāpsa
Genitive collāpsī collāpsae collāpsī collāpsōrum collāpsārum collāpsōrum
Dative collāpsō collāpsō collāpsīs
Accusative collāpsum collāpsam collāpsum collāpsōs collāpsās collāpsa
Ablative collāpsō collāpsā collāpsō collāpsīs
Vocative collāpse collāpsa collāpsum collāpsī collāpsae collāpsa

References

  • “collapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • collapsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the house suddenly fell in ruins: domus subita ruina collapsa est
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