LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

pulpa

pulpa f (genitive pulpae)
Classical[ˈpʊɫ.pa]Ecclesiastical[ˈpul.pa]

Meaning

  1. femininethe soft part of an animal's body; flesh
  2. femininethe fleshy part, pulp of fruit
  3. femininethe pith of wood

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Caro · Pulpa · Viscera · Exta · Intestina · Ilia

1. Caro means flesh in its general sense, as a material substance, in opp. to fat, nerves, muscles, and so forth; pulpa, especially, eatable and savory flesh, in opp. to bones; viscera, all flesh, and every fleshy substance between the skin and the bones. 2. Viscera, in a narrower sense, means generally, the inner parts of the body; whereas exta means the inner parts of the upper part of the body, as the heart, lungs, and so forth; intestina, interanea, and ilia, the inner parts of the lower part of the body, namely, the entrails; and indeed intestina, and, in the age after Augustus, interanea, meant the guts as digestive organs; ilia, all that is contained in the lower part of the body, and particularly those parts that are serviceable. (v. 145.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepulpapulpae
genitivepulpaepulpārum
dativepulpaepulpīs
accusativepulpampulpās
ablativepulpāpulpīs
vocativepulpapulpae

pulpa, ae, f.
I. Lit., the fleshy portion of animal bodies, solid flesh: spiritus non inter nervos et pulpas, sed in visceribus, Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1; Cato, R. R. 83: pulpam voras, Mart. 3, 77, 6; cf. App. M. 2, p. 117, 30: pulpa est caro sine pinguedine, Isid. Orig. 11, 1.—
II. Transf.
A. (Cf. Gr. σάρξ, of sensuality.) Scelerata, i. e. corrupt human nature, Pers. 2, 62; cf. Aus. Ep. 4, 95.—
B. Of persons: plebeiam numeros docere pulpam, common people, Aus. Ep. 4, 94.—
C. The fleshy part, pulp of fruit, Scrib. Larg. 74; Pall. 4, 10 fin.—
D. The pith of wood, Plin. 16, 38, 73, § 184.

Origins

Related to Umbrian pelmner (“meat”, gen. sg.), though the further etymology is uncertain.

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianprupa
  • Sardinianpulpa
  • Sardinianpurpa
Borrowings
  • Frenchpulpe
  • GermanPulpa
  • Englishpulpfrom Middle English pulpe
Occitano-Romance
  • Catalanpolpa
  • Occitanpopafrom Old Occitan polpa
  • Gasconpolpa
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesepolpa
  • Spanishpulpa
  • Asturianpulpa
  • Galicianpolpa
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianpulpă
  • Aromanianpulpã
  • Albanianpulpë
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpolpa
  • Calabrianpruppafrom Sicilian purpa
North Italian
  • Emilianpåulpa
  • Friulianpolpe
  • Piedmonteseporpa
  • Venetanpolpa
Gallo-Romance
  • Franco-Provençalporpa
  • Middle Frenchpolpefrom Old French polpe
  • Middle Frenchpoulpefrom Old French polpe

In English words that came into English from pulpa

  • pulppulpa

Quick answers

What does pulpa mean in Latin?
pulpa, a noun, means “the soft part of an animal's body; flesh; the fleshy part, pulp of fruit”.
What is the genitive of pulpa?
The genitive singular is pulpae. pulpa is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce pulpa?
In classical Latin, [ˈpʊɫ.pa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpul.pa].