lapis
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a stone
- a milestone
- a boundary stone
- gravestone, tombstone
- lapis manalis ("stone of manes"), which covers the gate of Hades or underworld
- a stone platform at a slave auction
- a statue
- (poetic) jewel, precious stone
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (peel, flay, skin, tear off, break off, peel off).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lep-
Gloss
peel, flay, skin, tear off, break off, peel off
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
皮, 膚, 肌
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- inlapidate English
- lapidable English
- lapidarious English
- lapideous English
- lapidific English
- lapidify English
- lapidist English
- lapillus English
- lapis lazuli English
- *lapideum Latin
- la Latin
- lapicida Latin
- lapidarius Latin
- lapidesco Latin
- lapideus Latin
- lapidicida Latin
- lapillus Latin
- lapis, lapidem Latin
- lazulum Latin
- lazulī Latin
- lapillo Italian
- lapis Italian
- portalapis Italian
- lapis lazuli Dutch, Flemish
- lapidaire French
- lapicero Spanish, Castilian
- lápida Spanish, Castilian
- lápiz Spanish, Castilian
- λέπαδνον Ancient Greek
- λέπας Ancient Greek
- λεπάς Ancient Greek
- λώπη Ancient Greek
- *lep- Proto-Indo-European
- lápis Portuguese
- *lubbō Proto-Germanic
- *luppǭ Proto-Germanic
- ラピスラズリ Japanese
- lapidarium Polish
- لَازُوَرْد Arabic
- llapis Catalan, Valencian
- lapida Cebuano
- lapida Tagalog
- lapis Tagalog
- laps Albanian
- lapes Maltese
- lapis Bikol Central
- löpi̱s Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- lapis Waray-Waray
- lapis Masbatenyo
- lopa Latgalian
- lapis Yogad
- lapis Cuyunon
- lapi Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec
- lapis Limos Kalinga
- lapé Copala Triqui
- laapíxi Northern Tepehuan
- lápi̱ Tezoatlán Mixtec
- rápi Huichol
- lapis Lubuagan Kalinga
- lapis Matigsalug Manobo
- lapis Bolinao