prolapsus

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prolapsus (“collapsed”).

Noun

prolapsus (countable and uncountable, plural prolapsi or prolapsuses)

1. Alternative form of prolapse.

References

• “prolapsus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈlapsus/
• Rhymes: -apsus
• Syllabification: pro‧lap‧sus

Verb

prolapsus

1. conditional of prolapsi

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of prōlābor.

Participle

prōlāpsus (feminine prōlāpsa, neuter prōlāpsum); first/second-declension participle

1. having glided, slid, slipped forward
2. having collapsed, decayed, sunk, declined, gone to ruin

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prōlāpsus	prōlāpsa	prōlāpsum		prōlāpsī	prōlāpsae	prōlāpsa
genitive	prōlāpsī	prōlāpsae	prōlāpsī		prōlāpsōrum	prōlāpsārum	prōlāpsōrum
dative	prōlāpsō	prōlāpsae	prōlāpsō		prōlāpsīs
accusative	prōlāpsum	prōlāpsam	prōlāpsum		prōlāpsōs	prōlāpsās	prōlāpsa
ablative	prōlāpsō	prōlāpsā	prōlāpsō		prōlāpsīs
vocative	prōlāpse	prōlāpsa	prōlāpsum		prōlāpsī	prōlāpsae	prōlāpsa

Descendants

• → Catalan: prolapse
• → English: prolapse
• → German: Prolaps
• → Italian: prolasso
• → Spanish: prolapso

References

• “prolapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prolapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “prolapsus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.