Latin

Noun

vappa f ‎(genitive vappae); first declension

1. flat wine (wine that is almost vinegar)
2. (figuratively, by extension) worthless person, fop

Usage notes

In the second sense, it may be also used as a masculine noun.

Declension

First declension.

Descendants

• Asturian: guapu
• Portuguese: vapa
• Spanish: guapo
  • Neapolitan: guappo
    • English: wop

References

• vappa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vappa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vappa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• vappa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vappa in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin