[ˈɫa.pɪs], [ˈlaː.pis]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *lapets. May be connected with Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”), either from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”) (compare secō, saxum; rumpō, rupēs) or, more likely, a Mediterranean substrate language.
- declension-3, masculinestone
“Quod superest, quaecumque premes virgulta per agros,
Sparge fimo pingui et multa memor occule terra,
Aut lapidem bibulum aut squalentis infode conchas;
Inter enim labentur aquae tenuisque subibit
Hali” — Translation by James B. Greenough
For the rest, whate'er
The sets thou plantest in thy fields, thereon
Strew refuse rich, and with abundant earth
Take heed to hide them, and dig in withal
Rough shells
“et lapis iste quem erexi in titulum vocabitur Domus Dei” — And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house
- declension-3, masculinemilestone
- declension-3, masculineboundary stone
- declension-3, masculinegravestone, tombstone
- declension-3, masculinelapis manalis (“stone of manes”), which covers the gate of Hades or underworld
- declension-3, masculinestone platform at a slave auction
- declension-3, masculinestatue
- declension-3, masculine, poeticjewel, precious stone
Formaelapidis(genitive) · lapis(nominative, singular) · lapidēs(nominative, plural) · lapidis(genitive, singular) · lapidum(genitive, plural) · lapidī(dative, singular) · lapidibus(dative, plural) · lapidem(accusative, singular) · lapidēs(accusative, plural) · lapide(ablative, singular) · lapidibus(ablative, plural) · lapis(singular, vocative) · lapidēs(plural, vocative)