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Latin
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek δαψιλής (dapsilḗs),[1] built on the aorist stem of δάπτω (dáptō, “to devour, consume”). The Latin noun daps, dapis is clearly related, but it is difficult to derive the form dapsilis directly from this noun, since its stem is dap- (with -s- simply an inflectional ending of the nominative singular). Furthermore, the suffix -ilis with short -ĭ- most often forms deverbal rather than denominative adjectives.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dapsilis (neuter dapsile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Sumptuous, bountiful, plentiful, abundant.
- (Medieval Latin) Generous.
Declension
Note that dapsilis is an alternative form for the ablative plural.
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
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Further reading
- “dapsilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dapsilis 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)
- dapsilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “dapsilis”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 301