colaphus

colaphus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos)bor.
Latin colaphus

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).

    Noun

    colaphus m (genitive colaphī); second declension

    1. a blow with the fist; cuff
      Synonyms: pulsus, ictus, plāga

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative colaphus colaphī
    genitive colaphī colaphōrum
    dative colaphō colaphīs
    accusative colaphum colaphōs
    ablative colaphō colaphīs
    vocative colaphe colaphī

    Descendants

    See the Late variant colpus.

    References

    • “colaphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “colaphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "colaphus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “colaphus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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