dapsilis

Latin

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek δαψιλής (dapsilḗs), built on the aorist stem of δάπτω (dáptō, “to devour, consume”). The Latin noun daps, dapis is clearly related, but it is difficult to derive the form dapsilis directly from this noun, since its stem is dap- (with -s- simply an inflectional ending of the nominative singular). Furthermore, the suffix -ilis with short -ĭ- most often forms deverbal rather than denominative adjectives.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdap.si.lis/, [ˈd̪äps̠ɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdap.si.lis/, [ˈd̪äpsilis]

Adjective

dapsilis (neuter dapsile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Sumptuous, bountiful, plentiful, abundant.
2. (Medieval Latin) Generous.

Declension

Note that dapsilis is an alternative form for the ablative plural. Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dapsilis	dapsile		dapsilēs	dapsilia
genitive	dapsilis			dapsilium
dative	dapsilī			dapsilibus
accusative	dapsilem	dapsile		dapsilēs dapsilīs	dapsilia
ablative	dapsilī			dapsilibus
vocative	dapsilis	dapsile		dapsilēs	dapsilia

Synonyms

• (abundant, plentiful): abundāns, affluēns, cōpiōsus, cumulātus, fēcundus, gravidus, opīmus, ūber

Derived terms

• dapsilē
• dapsiliter

Related terms

• daps

Further reading

• “dapsilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dapsilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• dapsilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “dapsilis”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 301