出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/02/22 17:52 UTC 版)
Originally used by Romans to refer to the strike given from master to slave upon manumission as a final act of indignity. First attested in Phaedrus when the Empire was already greatly expanded, then in the Semitic loanword-ridden Juvenal and largely attested in the Christian writings, i. e. from the proponents of a Semitic religion.
Hence, probably from Aramaic אַלַּף (allap̄, “to teach”), and/or from Proto-Semitic *ʔallipa (“to tame, to domesticate; to familiarize, to instruct, to put together, to join”), related via the idea of an ox trained to Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- (“ox, ox in a yoke”).
alapa f (genitive alapae); first declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alapa | alapae |
| genitive | alapae | alapārum |
| dative | alapae | alapīs |
| accusative | alapam | alapās |
| ablative | alapā | alapīs |
| vocative | alapa | alapae |