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illapsus.

a falling, gliding, or flowing in; an irruption

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ɪlˈlaːp.sʊs]Classical-Latin[ilˈlap.sus]

  1. a falling, gliding, or flowing in; an irruption

    declension-4
    umoris illapsus atque exitus
    serpentino illapsu
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin lābor Latin illābor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin illāpsus From illābor (“to fall, slide”) + -tus (forming action nouns).

verb[ɪlˈlaːp.sʊs]Classical-Latin[ilˈlap.sus]

  1. having fallen, slipped, slid, glided, or having flowed into

    active · declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · perfect

  2. having fallen down, sunken down

    active · declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · perfect

  3. having flowed into, penetrated

    active · declension-1 · declension-2 · figuratively · form-of · participle · perfect
Where this word comes from

Perfect active participle of illābor.

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