lapsus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lapsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlæpsəs/

Noun

lapsus (plural lapsus)

  1. A slip, lapse, or error.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:error

Derived terms

Further reading

  • lapsus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

lapsus m (plural lapsus)

  1. lapse

Synonyms

Czech

Etymology

Latin labor (“slip”).

Noun

lapsus m

  1. (informal) lapse

Further reading

  • lapsus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lapsus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lapsus. Doublet of laps, another borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lap.sy/

Noun

lapsus m (plural lapsus)

  1. lapsus

Derived terms

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin lapsus.

Noun

lapsus m

  1. (informal) flaw, fault

Synonyms

Italian

Noun

lapsus m (invariable)

  1. slip of the tongue

Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.psus/, [ˈɫaː.psʊs]

Etymology 1

lābor (“to slip”) +‎ -sus (action noun)

Noun

lāpsus m (genitive lāpsūs); fourth declension

  1. gliding, sliding, slipping, falling
Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lāpsus lāpsūs
genitive lāpsūs lāpsuum
dative lāpsuī lāpsibus
accusative lāpsum lāpsūs
ablative lāpsū lāpsibus
vocative lāpsus lāpsūs
Descendants

Etymology 2

Past participle of lābor (“slip, glide”).

Participle

lāpsus m (feminine lāpsa, neuter lāpsum); first/second declension

  1. slipped, glided, fallen
Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative lāpsus lāpsa lāpsum lāpsī lāpsae lāpsa
genitive lāpsī lāpsae lāpsī lāpsōrum lāpsārum lāpsōrum
dative lāpsō lāpsō lāpsīs
accusative lāpsum lāpsam lāpsum lāpsōs lāpsās lāpsa
ablative lāpsō lāpsā lāpsō lāpsīs
vocative lāpse lāpsa lāpsum lāpsī lāpsae lāpsa

References

  • lapsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lapsus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lapsus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • he has made several mistakes: saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est
  • lapsus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin lapsus.

Noun

làpsus m (Cyrillic spelling ла̀псус)

  1. lapse

Declension

Spanish

Noun

lapsus m (plural lapsus)

  1. lapsus
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