vapulo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === bāplō (Late Latin, proscribed) === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *weh₂p-. Probably onomatopoeic in its origin, meaning 'cry, wail', from which meaning the attested meaning 'be beaten, be stricken' evolved. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwaː.pʊ.ɫoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvaː.pu.lo] === Verb === vāpulō (present infinitive vāpulāre, perfect active vāpulāvī, supine vāpulātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive (intransitive, mediopassive voice) to be flogged or beaten Coordinate terms: verberō, flagellō (Plautine, derogatory, in the imperative or subjunctive) used as a curse (transferred senses): (figurative) to be attacked, lashed to be beaten, conquered (of inanimate things) to be struck, beaten to be afflicted, in trouble (of property) to be squandered ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== vāpulāris ==== Descendants ==== English: vapulate (borrowed) Spanish: vapulear, vapular === References === “vapulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vapulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “vapulo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “vapulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Spanish == === Verb === vapulo first-person singular present indicative of vapular