noun · masculinesecond declension
colaphus
colaphus m (genitive colaphī)
Meaning
- masculinea blow with the fist; cuff
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
īctus manūs, alapacolaphus -ī (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 24
ictus pugnīcolaphus -ī (m) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 20
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Alapa · Colaphus
Alapa (Goth. lofa, ‘the flat hand,’) denotes a blow with the flat hand on the face, as a gentle punishment, like a slap on the cheek, or box on the ear; colaphus (κόλαφος), a blow on the head with the clenched fist, betokening anger and rage, like a cuff, a thump. (vi. 14.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | colaphus | colaphī colpī |
| genitive | colaphī colpī | colaphōrum colpōrum |
| dative | colaphō colpō | colaphīs colpīs |
| accusative | colaphum colpum | colaphōs colpōs |
| ablative | colaphō colpō | colaphīs colpīs |
| vocative | colaphe colpe | colaphī colpī |
cŏlăphus, i, m., = κόλαφος,
I. a blow with the fist, a cuff, a box on the ear:
icere, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 65 Ritschl: ducere, Quint. 6, 3, 83.—In plur.: in cerebro colaphos abstrudere, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 68; cf.: infringere alicui, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130: incutere alicui, Juv. 9, 5: perpeti, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 37.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
colaphus ī, m
, κόλαφος, a blow with the fist, cuff, box on the ear: quingentos colaphos infregit mihi, T.: colaphum incutimus servo, Iu.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).