English

Noun

crapula ‎(plural crapulae)

1. Sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking.

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Latin crapula ‎(“excessive drinking”)

Noun

crapula f ‎(plural crapule)

1. Excessive eating and drinking; gluttony

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek κραιπάλη ‎(kraipálē, “intoxication, hangover”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.pu.la/, [ˈkra.pʊ.ɫa]

Noun

crapula f ‎(genitive crapulae); first declension

1. excessive drinking, drunkenness, inebriation, intoxication

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• English: crapula
• French: crapule
• Finnish: krapula
• Italian: crapula
• Portuguese: crápula
• Romanian: crapulare
• Spanish: crápula

References

• crapula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crapula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CRAPULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “crapula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.