lapis

See also:lápis

English

Etymology

Shortened form oflapis lazuli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈlæpɪs/

• Audio(Southern England):

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Noun

lapis(uncountable)

1. Ellipsisoflapis lazuli.
   • 1735,[John Barrow], “ENGRAVING”,inDictionarium Polygraphicum: Or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested.[…],volumeI (A–H),London:[…]C[harles]Hitch and C[harles]Davis[…],and S[amuel]Austen[…],→OCLC:

     Lapis,opal, &c. are poliſh'd on a wooden wheel. To faſhion andEngravevaſes ofagate,cryſtal,lapis,or the like, they make uſe of a kind oflathelike that us'd by pewterers, excepting that as the pewterers lathe holds the veſſels, which are to be wrought with proper tools; that of theEngravergenerally holds the tools which are turn'd by a wheel, and the veſſels held to them to be cut andengraveneither in relievo or otherwiſe; [...]

   • 1923(reprinted1993),Franklin Simon Fashion Catalog for 1923(Franklin Simon & Co, New York), item number 53:

     French Bead Necklace oflapisor carnelian color, with crystal rondelles between each bead, graduated, 32 inches long.

   • 2010,Irene Winter, editor,On Art in the Ancient Near East: From the Third Millennium B.C.E.,page291:

     That lapis lazuli in particular among the precious and semi-precious stones known from Mesopotamia was accorded considerable value in antiquity may be inferred from the archaeological record through association with high-status locii and goods. [...] deities receive votive gifts and booty oflapis,consisting of items of personal adornment and cult objects, while their temples are described as decorated withlapisor shining likelapis.[...] For example, the contents of the graves in the Royal Cemetery of Ur: [...] various objects employing inlay that includelapisamong the insets, [...] Mari sent an emissary to acquirelapisfrom Lars.

   • 2011,Daniel Boscaljon,Hope and the Longing for Utopia: Futures and Illusions in Theology and Narrative,page99:

     The buddha lands described in the Lotus share certain generic features: the ground is made oflapisor crystal; they are perfectly level, without mountains or valleys; they are free from all manner of filth, including the stench of latrines [...] The ground was made of lapis lazuli, [...]

Usage notes

• In translations of Indian mythological texts, a plural formlapisescanbe found.
• The termlapisis sometimes considered an informal/slang term, especially after its popularization byMinecraft.

Related terms

• lapis armenus
• lapis calaminaris
• lapis infernalis

See also

• kek lapis

Anagrams

• Alsip,spial,Lipas,Palis,pails,ALIPs,pials,lapsi,lipas

Bikol Central

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈlapis/ [ˈl̪a.pis]
• Hyphenation:la‧pis

Noun

lápis(Basahan spellingᜎᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

1. pencil

   Synonym:pensil

See also

• bolpen
• pluma

Bolinao

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Noun

lapis

1. pencil

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation:la‧pis
• IPA^(key):/ˈlapis/ [ˈl̪a.pɪs̪]

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

lapis

1. doublespotted queenfish(Scomberoides lysan)
2. needlescaled queenfish(Scomberoides tol)

Etymology 2

BorrowedfromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”),fromLatinlapis(“stone”).

Noun

lapis

1. apencil

Cuyunon

Etymology

Borrowed fromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Noun

lapis

1. pencil

Galician

A pencil

Alternative forms

• lápis(reintegrationist spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowingfromLatinlapis(“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈlapis/

Noun

lapism(invariable)

1. pencil

Further reading

• “lapis”,inDicionario da Real Academia Galega(in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy,since 2012

Indonesian

Etymology

InheritedfromMalaylapis,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*lapis(“stone slab, thin layer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈla.pɪs/
• Rhymes:-pɪs,-ɪs,-s
• Hyphenation:la‧pis

Noun

lapis(plurallapis-lapis,first-person possessivelapisku,second-person possessivelapismu,third-person possessivelapisnya)

1. layer,lining
2. row
3. stratum

Adjective

lapis

1. in layers

Derived terms

• berlapis
• berlapis-lapis
• dilapisi
• lapisan
• melapis
• melapisi
• melapiskan
• pelapis
• pelapisan

• lapis antara
• lapis difusi
• lapis legit
• lapis monomolekul
• lapis mutiara
• lapis penutup

Related terms

• tapis
• tepis
• tipis

Further reading

• “lapis”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Italian

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinlapis.Doubletoflapide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈla.pis/
• Rhymes:-apis
• Hyphenation:là‧pis

Noun

lapism(invariable)

1. pencil

   Synonym:matita

2. sanguine(red chalk)

   Synonym:sanguigna

Derived terms

• appuntalapis

Descendants

• →Catalan:llapis
• →Galician:lapis
• →Maltese:lapes
• →Portuguese:lápis
• →Spanish:lápiz

Anagrams

• salpi,spali

Kapampangan

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈlapis/ [ˈläː.pis]
• Hyphenation:la‧pis

Noun

lapis

1. pencil

Kavalan

Noun

lapis

1. squirrel

Latin

Etymology

May be connected withAncient Greekλέπας(lépas,“bare rock, crag”),either fromProto-Indo-European*lep-(“to peel”)(comparesecō–saxum;rumpō–rupēs) or, more likely, a Mediterraneansubstratelanguage.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈla.pis/,[ˈɫ̪äpɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈla.pis/,[ˈläːpis]

Noun

lapism(genitivelapidis);third declension

1. astone

   Synonyms:saxum,silex,petra

   • Late 4th century,Jerome[et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson,Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem(Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart:Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft,published2007,→ISBN,Genesis28:22:

     etlapisiste quem erexi in titulum vocabitur Domus Dei

     And thisstone,which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house

2. amilestone
3. aboundarystone
4. gravestone,tombstone
5. lapis manalis( "stone ofmanes"), which covers the gate ofHadesorunderworld
6. a stoneplatformat a slaveauction
7. astatue
8. (poetic)jewel,precious stone

Declension

Third-declensionnoun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lapis	lapidēs
Genitive	lapidis	lapidum
Dative	lapidī	lapidibus
Accusative	lapidem	lapidēs
Ablative	lapide	lapidibus
Vocative	lapis	lapidēs

Derived terms

• lapicīda
• lapidāris
• lapidēscō
• lapideus
• lapidō
• lapidōsus
• lapillus
• lapiō
• lapis calamīnāris(medieval)
• lapis lazuli(medieval)

Related terms

• lapidārius
• lapidātiō
• lapidātor

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Romanian:lespede(possibly)
  • Spanish:laude
• Borrowed:
  • →Albanian:laps
  • →Catalan:llapis,làpida
  • →Galician:lapis
  • →Romagnol:àbiș
  • →Italian:lapis,lapide
  • →Maltese:lapes
  • →Piedmontese:làpis
  • →Portuguese:lápide,lápis
  • →Russian:ляпис(ljapis)
  • →Spanish:lápida,lápiz
  • →Venetian:łàpis

References

• “lapis”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lapis”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• lapisin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lapisinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• “lapis”,inWilliam Smith, editor (1848),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,London: John Murray
• Pokorny, Julius(1959)Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch[Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag,page678

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

Borrowed fromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Noun

lapis

1. pencil

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

Borrowed fromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Noun

lapis

1. pencil

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed fromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Noun

lapis

1. pencil

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

Borrowed fromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Noun

lapis

1. pencil

Pangasinan

Etymology 1

Borrowed fromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Noun

lapis

1. pencil

Etymology 2

Noun

lapís

1. coconutshell

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowingfromLatinlapis (īnfernālis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈla.pis/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-apis
• Syllabification:la‧pis

Noun

lapisminan

1. (informal)silver nitrate(silver salt of nitric acid, AgNO3)

   Synonyms:azotan srebra,kamień piekielny

2. (archaic)lightgreyor lightlilaccolor

Declension

Declension oflapis

	singular
nominative	lapis
genitive	lapisu
dative	lapisowi
accusative	lapis
instrumental	lapisem
locative	lapisie
vocative	lapisie

Further reading

• lapisinWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lapisin Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchlapisorLatinlapis.

Noun

lapisn(uncountable)

1. lapis lazuli

Declension

declension of lapis (singular only)

	singular
ngender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un)lapis	lapisul
genitive/dative	(unui)lapis	lapisului
vocative	lapisule

Tagabawa

Etymology

Borrowed fromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Noun

lapis

1. pencil

Tagalog

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”),fromLatinlapis.Doubletoflapida.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈlapis/[ˈlaː.pɪs]
• Rhymes:-apis
• Syllabification:la‧pis

Noun

lapis(Baybayin spellingᜎᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

1. pencil

   Synonym:mongol

2. graphite;blacklead

   Synonym:grapito

3. doublespotted queenfish(Scomberoides lysan)
4. stoneslab;stileoftiles

Derived terms

• batong-lapis
• lapisin
• maglapis

See also

• mongol

Further reading

• “lapis”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018

Anagrams

• plais,pasil,Pasil,lipas

Tetum

Etymology

FromPortugueselápis.

Noun

lapis

1. pencil

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed fromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Noun

lapis

1. pencil

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed fromSpanishlápiz(“pencil”).

Noun

lapis

1. pencil