English

Noun

daps

1. plural of dap

Verb

daps

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of dap

Anagrams

• pads, PDAs, SPAD

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dh₂ps ‎(“portion, sacrificial meal”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δαπάνη ‎(dapánē, “expenditure”), δάπτω ‎(dáptō, “I devour”), Old Armenian տաւն ‎(tawn, “feast”), Old Norse tafn ‎(“sacrifice”). Akin to damnum ‎(“loss, expense”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /daps/

Noun

daps f ‎(genitive dapis); third declension

1. A sacrificial or solemn feast, religious banquet.
2. A meal, banquet, feast.

Inflection

Note that the nominative is sometimes written as dapis and that the genitive plural and the dative singular do not occur. Third declension.

Synonyms

• (banquet, feast): convīvium, dominium, festīvitās

Related terms

• dapsilē
• dapsālis
• dapsilis
• dapsiliter

Descendants

• English: dapifer

References

• daps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• daps in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “daps”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 161