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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weh₂p-.
Probably onomatopoeic in its origin, meaning 'cry, wail', from which meaning the attested meaning 'be beaten, be stricken' evolved.
Pronunciation
Verb
vāpulō (present infinitive vāpulāre, perfect active vāpulāvī, supine vāpulātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- (intransitive) to be flogged or beaten
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References
- “vapulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vapulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vapulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “vapulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10