vapulo
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯aː.pu.loː/, [ˈu̯äːpʊɫ̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.pu.lo/, [ˈväːpulo]
Verb[edit]
vāpulō (present infinitive vāpulāre, perfect active vāpulāvī, supine vāpulātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- (intransitive) to be flogged or beaten
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: vapulate (borrowed)
References[edit]
- “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.