illapsus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From illābor (“fall, slide”) +‎ -tus (action noun-forming suffix).

Noun

illāpsus m (genitive illāpsūs); fourth declension

  1. a falling, gliding, or flowing in; an irruption
    umoris illapsus atque exitus
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    serpentino illapsu
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    gregis illapsu fremebundo territus
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Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative illāpsus illāpsūs
genitive illāpsūs illāpsuum
dative illāpsuī illāpsibus
accusative illāpsum illāpsūs
ablative illāpsū illāpsibus
vocative illāpsus illāpsūs
Descendants
  • English: illapse, illapsive

References

Etymology 2

Perfect active participle of illābor.

Participle

illāpsus (feminine illāpsa, neuter illāpsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. fallen, slipped, slid, glided, or flowed into
  2. fallen down, sunken down
  3. (figuratively) flowed into, penetrated
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative illāpsus illāpsa illāpsum illāpsī illāpsae illāpsa
genitive illāpsī illāpsae illāpsī illāpsōrum illāpsārum illāpsōrum
dative illāpsō illāpsae illāpsō illāpsīs
accusative illāpsum illāpsam illāpsum illāpsōs illāpsās illāpsa
ablative illāpsō illāpsā illāpsō illāpsīs
vocative illāpse illāpsa illāpsum illāpsī illāpsae illāpsa

References

  • “illapsus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • illapsus (inl) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 769/3.
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