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Webster 1913 Edition


Lampas

Lam′pas

,
Noun.
[F.
lampas
.]
An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; – called also
lampers
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lampas

LAM'PAS

,
Noun.
A lump of flesh of the size of a nut, in the roof of a horse's mouth, and rising above the teeth.

Definition 2024


lampas

lampas

See also: lampás, lámpás, and lämpas

English

Noun

lampas (countable and uncountable, plural lampases)

  1. A type of luxury fabric with a background weft.
Translations

Etymology 2

French lampas.

Alternative forms

Noun

lampas (uncountable)

  1. An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the palate immediately behind the foreteeth in a horse.

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃.pa/

Etymology 1

Noun

lampas m (uncountable)

  1. (of horses) lampas

Etymology 2

Conjugated form of lamper (to quaff, to swig).

Verb

lampas

  1. second-person singular past historic of lamper

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, lamp or flambeau), from λάμπω (lámpō), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (glow).

Noun

lampas f (genitive lampadis); third declension

  1. lamp, lantern
  2. torch, flambeau
  3. firebrand

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lampas lampadēs
genitive lampadis lampadum
dative lampadī lampadibus
accusative lampadem lampadēs
ablative lampade lampadibus
vocative lampas lampadēs

Descendants

References


Swedish

Noun

lampas

  1. indefinite genitive singular of lampa