Latin

Alternative forms

• inlapsus

Noun

illapsus m ‎(genitive illapsūs); fourth declension

1. a falling, gliding, or flowing in; an irruption

   umoris illapsus atque exitus‎

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   serpentino illapsu‎

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   gregis illapsu fremebundo territus‎

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Declension

Fourth declension.

Descendants

• English: illapse, illapsive

References

• illapsus² in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “illapsŭs (inl)”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 769/3.
• “illapsus” on page 826/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Participle

illapsus m ‎(feminine illapsa, neuter illapsum); first/second declension

1. fallen, slipped, slid, glided, or flowed into
2. fallen down, sunken down
3. (figuratively) flowed into, penetrated

Declension

First/second declension.

References

• illapsus¹ in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “illapsus (inl)”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 769/3.