colaphus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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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