LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

daps

daps f (genitive dapis)
Classical[ˈdaps]Ecclesiastical[ˈdaps]

Meaning

  1. feminineA sacrificial or solemn feast, religious banquet.
  2. feminineA meal, banquet, feast.
  3. Medieval LatinfeminineFortune, wealth.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

epulae sacrae
daps dapis (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 8

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Epulæ · Convivium · Dapes · Epulum · Comissatio

Epulæ is the general expression, the meal, whether frugal or sumptuous, whether en famille or with guests, at home or in public; convivium is a social meal, a convivial meal; dapes (from δάψαι, δεῖπνον), a religious meal, a meal of offerings; epulum, a solemn meal, mostly political, a meal in honor of something, a festival; comissatio (from κομάζειν), a gormandizing meal, a feast. (v. 195.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedapsdapēs
genitivedapisdapum
dativedapīdapibus
accusativedapemdapēs
ablativedapedapibus
vocativedapsdapēs

daps or dăpis, dăpis (nom. daps obsol. Paul. Diac. p. 68, 3: dapis, Juvenc. ap. Auct. de gen. nom. p. 78.—The
I. gen. pl. and dat. sing. do not occur, but are supplied by epulae, cena, convivium, q. v.), f. stem, dap-, Gr. δαπάνη, expense: cf. δεῖπνον; R. da-, Gr. δαίω, to distribute; Sanscr. dapajami, to cause to divide, a solemn feast for religious purposes, a sacrificial feast (before beginning to till the ground; the Greek προηρόσια, made in honor of some divinity, in memory of departed friends, etc. Thus distinguished from epulae, a meal of any kind: convivium, a meal or feast for company; epulum, a formal or public dinner, v. h. v.).
I. Prop.: dapem pro bubus piro florente facito... postea dape facta serito milium, panicum, alium, lentim, Cato R. R. 131 and 132; id. ib. 50 fin.: pro grege, an offering for the protection of the flock, Tib. 1, 5, 28; Liv. 1, 7 ad fin.: ergo obligatam redde Jovi dapem, Hor. Od. 2, 7, 17: nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar deorum Tempus erat dapibus, id. ib. 1, 37, 4: sollemnis dapes et tristia dona, Verg. A. 3, 301.
II. Transf. by the poets and post-Augustan prose-writers beyond the sphere of religion, and used of every (esp. rich, sumptuous) meal, a feast, banquet, in the sing. and plur. (in Verg. passim, in Tibul. in this signif. only plur.).—
(a). Sing.: ne cum tyranno quisquam... eandem vescatur dapem, Att. ap. Non. 415, 25 (v. 217 Ribbeck): quae haec daps est? qui festus dies? Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 752 P. (transl. of Hom. Od. 1, 225: τίς δαΐς, τίς δὲ ὅμιλος ὅδʼ ἔπλετο); so Catull. 64, 305; Hor. Od. 4, 4, 12; id. Epod. 5, 33; id. Ep. 1, 17, 51: of a simple, poor meal, Ov. H. 9, 68; 16, 206. Opp. to wine: nunc dape, nunc posito mensae nituere Lyaeo, Ov. F. 5, 521; cf. so in plur., id. M. 8, 571; Verg. A. 1, 706.—
(b). Plur.: Tib. 1, 5, 49; 1, 10, 8; Verg. E. 6, 79; id. G. 4, 133; id. A. 1, 210 et saep.; Hor. Od. 1, 32, 13; id. Epod. 2, 48; Ov. M. 5, 113; 6, 664; Tac. A. 14, 22 et saep.: humanae, human excrement, Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 51.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂p-
  3. Proto-Indo-European *déh₂ps ~*dh₂pés
  4. Proto-Italic*daps
  5. Latindaps

From Proto-Italic *daps, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂ps (“portion, sacrificial meal”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “expenditure”), δάπτω (dáptō, “to devour”), Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrifice”). Akin to damnum (“loss, expense”). Doublet of dapinō.

Descendants
  • Italiandape

Quick answers

What does daps mean in Latin?
daps, a noun, means “A sacrificial or solemn feast, religious banquet.; A meal, banquet, feast.; Fortune, wealth.”.
What is the genitive of daps?
The genitive singular is dapis. daps is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce daps?
In classical Latin, [ˈdaps]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdaps].
Where does daps come from?
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- → Proto-Indo-European *déh₂ps ~ *dh₂pés → Proto-Italic *daps → Latin daps.