vappo

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Maybe from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to flutter and related to Ancient Greek ἠπίολος (ēpíolos, moth) and German wabern (to flicker).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vappō m (genitive vappōnis); third declension

  1. a moth, butterfly

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vappō vappōnēs
Genitive vappōnis vappōnum
Dative vappōnī vappōnibus
Accusative vappōnem vappōnēs
Ablative vappōne vappōnibus
Vocative vappō vappōnēs

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “vappo”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 733