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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἅψος (hápsos).
Pronunciation
Noun
hapsus m (genitive hapsī); second declension
- (medicine) A lock of wool used in bandaging
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “hapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hapsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.