Meaning of lapsus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. gliding, sliding, slipping, falling
   declension-4
2. angel, heavenly being
   declension-2, masculine
3. fluid motion in a path, circuit, or course
   declension-4
4. of the effects of a fall
   declension-4, in-plural
5. a failing, error, fault
   declension-4, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“At geminī lāpsū dēlūbra ad summa dracōnēs / effugiunt ….”

“But the two serpents escape by gliding [off] to the highest temples [of Troy…].” [An escape “with a smooth motion”; translated above as if it were a participle.]

“[...,] cum mediō volvuntur sīdera lāpsū, / ….”

[…,] when the stars are turning in their midnight course, ….

“77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 22.43”

“c. 203 BCE, Plautus, Cistellaria 2.1.11”

“45 BCE, Cicero, Academica 1.12.45”

“55 BCE, Cicero, De Oratore 2.83.339”

“77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 5.12”

“Lapsi cælo super nos”

Angels above us in the heavens

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