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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“un-”) + daps (“banquet”) + -s or in- -is (“-less”) + daps (“banquet”). Appears in Virgilius grammaticus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
*indaps or *indapis (neuter *indaps or *indape); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (Medieval Latin, hapax) without a meal
Virgilius Maro Grammaticus,
Epitomae X.45:
- Quindecim namque diebus totidemque noctibus insomnes et indapes permansere, tribus mil<it>ibus utrimque sumptis.
Declension
Only attested in the masculine nominative plural indapēs. This is clearly a third-declension form, but the corresponding nominative singular form could be either *indapis or *indaps.
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