LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

sapa

sapa f (genitive sapae)

Meaning

  1. feminineA reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesapasapae
genitivesapaesapārum
dativesapaesapīs
accusativesapamsapās
ablativesapāsapīs
vocativesapasapae

săpa, ae, f. cf. Germ. Saft; Engl sap,
I. must or new wine boiled thick, Varr. ap. Non. 551, 23; 551, 18; Col. 12, 19, 1; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; 14, 19, 24, § 121; Ov. F. 4, 780; Mart. 7, 53, 6; Fest. s. v. burranica, p. 30.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *sapā, from Proto-Indo-European *sab-, *sap- (“to taste”). Compare the English cognate sap.

Italo-Romance
  • Italiansapa
  • Italiansaba
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalansaba
  • Occitansaba
  • Gasconsapfrom Occitan saba
  • Gasconsapafrom Occitan saba
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchsèvefrom Old French seve
  • Franco-Provençalsâva
  • Franco-Provençalsuâva
  • Normansèvefrom Old French seve
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmontesesava
  • Piedmontesesèva
Ibero-Romance
  • Aragonesesapia
Borrowings
  • Albanianshap

Quick answers

What does sapa mean in Latin?
sapa, a noun, means “A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.”.
What is the genitive of sapa?
The genitive singular is sapae. sapa is feminine, first declension.