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Webster 1913 Edition
Lapis
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La′pis
,Noun.
pl.
Lapides
(#)
. [L.]
A stone.
Lapis calaminaris
Noun.
[NL.]
(Min.)
Calamine.
– Lapis infernalis
Noun.
[L.]
Fused nitrate of silver; lunar caustic.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lapis
LAPIS
, in Latin, a stone. Hence,Lapis Bononiensis, the Bolognian stone.
Lapis Hepaticus, liver stone.
Lapis Lazuli, azure stone, an aluminous mineral, of a rich blue color, resembling the blue carbonate of copper. [See Lazuli.]
Lapis Lydius, touch-stone; basanite; a variety of siliceous slate.
Definition 2024
lapis
lapis
See also: lápis
Italian
Noun
lapis m (invariable)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.pis/
Noun
lapis m (genitive lapidis); third declension
- a stone
- a milestone
- a boundary stone
- gravestone, tombstone
- Lapis Manalis in Latin "stone of manes" covers the gate of Hades or underworld
- a stone platform at a slave auction
- a statue
- (poetic) jewel, precious stone
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lapis | lapidēs |
| genitive | lapidis | lapidum |
| dative | lapidī | lapidibus |
| accusative | lapidem | lapidēs |
| ablative | lapide | lapidibus |
| vocative | lapis | lapidēs |
Synonyms
- (a stone): saxum
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Albanian: laps
- Catalan: llapis
- Italian: lapide, lapis
- Galician: lapis, lapislázuli
- Portuguese: lápide, lápis (via Italian)
- Romanian: lespede
- Russian: ляпис (ljapis)
- Spanish: lápiz, lápida
References
- lapis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lapis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- LAPIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lapis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- lapis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray