stloppus

Latin

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

stloppus m (genitive stloppī); second declension

  1. slap (sound produced by striking upon an inflated cheek)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stloppus stloppī
Genitive stloppī stloppōrum
Dative stloppō stloppīs
Accusative stloppum stloppōs
Ablative stloppō stloppīs
Vocative stloppe stloppī

Descendants

(All descendants reflect regular /tl/ > /kl/; cf. veclus.)

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: schioppo (“gun”), scoppio (“explosion”)
    • Neapolitan: schiuoppo
    • Sicilian: scoppu
  • North Italian:
    • Friulian: sclop
    • Ladin: schiop (“blowgun; gentian”)
    • Venetian: schiopo
    • →? Cimbrian: schuss (“gentian”) (calque)
    • → Mòcheno: sklopper (“gentian”)
  • Gallo-Romance:

References

Further reading
  • “stloppus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scloppus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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