alapa
ὃ γὰρ βούλεται, τοῦθ' ἕκαστος καὶ οἴεται → what he wishes to be true, each person also believes to be true | what he wishes, each person also believes
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ălăpa,¹⁵ æ, f., soufflet : alapam sibi ducere Phædr. 5, 3, 2, se donner un soufflet || soufflet donné pour affranchir un esclave : Petr. 38, 9 ; Phædr. 2, 5, 25.
