dilapsus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dīlābor.

Participle

dīlāpsus (feminine dīlāpsa, neuter dīlāpsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. dissolved, decayed, collapsed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • dilapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dilapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dilapsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.