noun · femininefirst declension
āplūda
āplūda f (genitive āplūdae)
Meaning
- bran
- chaff
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | āplūda | āplūdae |
| genitive | āplūdae | āplūdārum |
| dative | āplūdae | āplūdīs |
| accusative | āplūdam | āplūdās |
| ablative | āplūdā | āplūdīs |
| vocative | āplūda | āplūdae |
aplūda (appl-), ae, f. prob. from a and pludo or plaudo, that which is beaten off.
I. Chaff, Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 99: non hercle apluda est hodie quam tu nequior, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 10 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 23 Rib.).—
III. Acc. to some, a kind of drink: Sunt qui apludam sorbitionis liquidissimum putent genus, Paul. ex Fest. l. l.
Origins
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-, the same root of plaudō, plēctō, plangō, plaga, Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō), though the phonology makes it difficult.
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianpula
- Cimbrianbüllafrom Venetan bula