Latin

Noun

tippula f ‎(genitive tippulae); first declension

1. an insect running across the surface of the water; a water spider
   • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Persa 2.2.62

     noui: omnes sunt lenae leuifidae, nec tippulae leuius pondust quam fides lenonia.

     I know: all procuresses are untrustworthy, and a water spider has more weight than a procuress’s promise.

Declension

First declension.

Descendants

References

• tippula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press