alapa

οὐδὲν γάρ ἐστι κεκαλυμμένον ὃ οὐκ ἀποκαλυφθήσεται → there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, there is nothing covered that won't be uncovered

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ălăpa: ae, f. akin to -cello, to smite, as if calapa; cf. κόλαφος,
I 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.

ălăpa,¹⁵ æ, f., soufflet : alapam sibi ducere Phædr. 5, 3, 2, se donner un soufflet