illapsus

illapsus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • inlapsus

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From illābor (to fall, slide) + -tus (forming action nouns).

    Noun

    illāpsus m (genitive illāpsūs); fourth declension

    1. a falling, gliding, or flowing in; an irruption
      umoris illapsus atque exitus
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      serpentino illapsu
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      gregis illapsu fremebundo territus
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    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative illāpsus illāpsūs
    genitive illāpsūs illāpsuum
    dative illāpsuī illāpsibus
    accusative illāpsum illāpsūs
    ablative illāpsū illāpsibus
    vocative illāpsus illāpsūs
    Descendants
    • English: illapse

    Etymology 2

    Perfect active participle of illābor.

    Participle

    illāpsus (feminine illāpsa, neuter illāpsum); first/second-declension participle

    1. having fallen, slipped, slid, glided, or having flowed into
    2. having fallen down, sunken down
    3. (figuratively) having flowed into, penetrated
    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

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