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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ălăpa</b>: ae, f. [[akin]] to -[[cello]], to [[smite]], as if calapa; cf. [[κόλαφος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[stroke]] or [[blow]] [[upon]] the [[cheek]] [[with]] the [[open]] [[hand]], a [[box]] on the [[ear]]: ducere gravem alapam alicui, to [[give]], Phaedr. 5, 3: ministri eum alipis caedebant, Vulg. Marc. 14, 65; ib. Joan. 18, 22; 19, 3; esp. [[among]] actors, for the [[purpose]] of [[exciting]] a [[laugh]] [[among]] [[their]] auditors, * Juv. 8, 192; * Mart. 5, 61, 11.—When a [[slave]] [[was]] emancipated, his [[master]] gave him an [[alapa]]; [[hence]], [[poet]].: [[multo]] majoris alapae [[mecum]] veneunt, i. e. [[with]] me [[freedom]] is [[much]] [[more]] [[dearly]] purchased, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ălăpa</b>,¹⁵ æ, f., soufflet : alapam [[sibi]] ducere Phædr. 5, 3, 2, se donner un soufflet &#124;&#124; soufflet donné pour affranchir un esclave : Petr. 38, 9 ; Phædr. 2, 5, 25.||soufflet donné pour affranchir un esclave : Petr. 38, 9 ; Phædr. 2, 5, 25.
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{{Georges
|georg=alapa, ae, f., der [[Backenstreich]], die [[Ohrfeige]], Iuven, u. Mart.: alapam alci ducere ([[ziehen]]) gravem, Phaedr.: alci alapam dare, Vulg.: alapas accipere, Augustin.: alqm alapis caedere, Vulg. – beim Freilassen einem Sklaven vom Herrn gegeben, dah. est [[sub]] [[alapa]], [[man]] merkt ihm den Freigelassenen [[noch]] an, Petr. 38, 9: [[multo]] maioris alapae [[mecum]] veneunt, [[bei]] mir wird die [[Freiheit]] [[viel]] teurer verkauft, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25. vgl. Gloss. ›[[alapa]], [[ῥάπισμα]], [[colaphus]]‹.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=alapa alapae N F :: blow (with the flat of the hand), slap, smack; box on the ear
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