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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=vappa vappae N F :: flat wine<br />vappa vappa vappae N M :: worthless person
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>vappa</b>: ae, f. kindr. [[with]] [[vapor]]; cf. [[vapidus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[wine]] [[that]] has [[lost]] its [[spirit]] and flavor; palled, [[flat]], vapid [[wine]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[vitium]] musto quibusdam in locis [[iterum]] [[sponte]] fervere, quā calamitate deperit [[sapor]] vappaeque accipit [[nomen]], probrosum [[etiam]] hominum, cum degeneravit [[animus]], Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 125; Hor. S. 2, 3, 144; 1, 5, 16; Mart. 12, 48, 14.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., masc., a spoiled or [[worthless]] [[fellow]], a [[good]]-fornothing, Cat. 28, 5; Hor. S. 1, 1, 104; 1, 2, 12; Auct. Priap. 14; cf. Plin. l. l. [[supra]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>vappa</b>,¹³ æ, f., vin éventé : Plin. 14, 125 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 144 &#124;&#124; [fig.] vaurien, mauvais sujet : Hor. S. 1, 1, 104 ; Catul. 28, 5.
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{{Georges
|georg=vappa, ae, f. (zu Wz. vap-, wov. [[auch]] [[vapidus]], [[vapio]]), I) eig., umgeschlagener-, kahmiger [[Wein]], Fusel, Hor., Plin. u.a.: vappā [[lippus]], Pers. – II) übtr., [[ein]] verkommener [[Mensch]], [[Taugenichts]], Verschwender (Ggstz. [[homo]] [[frugi]]), Catull., Hor. u.a. Vgl. [[Porphyr]]. Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 2, 12.
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