lapis

Shortened form of lapis lazuli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæpɪs/

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lapis (uncountable)

1. Ellipsis of lapis lazuli.
   • 1735, [John Barrow], “ENGRAVING”, in Dictionarium Polygraphicum: Or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested. [...], volume I (A–H), London: […] C[harles] Hitch and C[harles] Davis […], and S[amuel] Austen […], OCLC 987025732:

     Lapis, opal, &c. are poliſh'd on a wooden wheel. To faſhion and Engrave vaſes of agate, cryſtal, lapis, or the like, they make uſe of a kind of lathe like that us'd by pewterers, excepting that as the pewterers lathe holds the veſſels, which are to be wrought with proper tools; that of the Engraver generally holds the tools which are turn'd by a wheel, and the veſſels held to them to be cut and engraven either in relievo or otherwiſe; [...]

   • 1923 (reprinted 1993), Franklin Simon Fashion Catalog for 1923 (Franklin Simon & Co, New York), item number 53:

     French Bead Necklace of lapis or carnelian color, with crystal rondelles between each bead, graduated, 32 inches long.

   • 2010, Irene Winter (ed.), On Art in the Ancient Near East: From the Third Millennium B.C.E., page 291:

     That lapis lazuli in particular among the precious and semi-precious stones known from Mesopotamia was accorded considerable value in antiquity may be inferred from the archaeological record through association with high-status locii and goods. [...] deities receive votive gifts and booty of lapis, consisting of items of personal adornment and cult objects, while their temples are described as decorated with lapis or shining like lapis. [...] For example, the contents of the graves in the Royal Cemetery of Ur: [...] various objects employing inlay that include lapis among the insets, [...] Mari sent an emissary to acquire lapis from Lars.

   • 2011, Daniel Boscaljon, Hope and the Longing for Utopia: Futures and Illusions in Theology and Narrative, page 99:

     The buddha lands described in the Lotus share certain generic features: the ground is made of lapis or crystal; they are perfectly level, without mountains or valleys; they are free from all manner of filth, including the stench of latrines [...] The ground was made of lapis lazuli, [...]

• In translations of Indian mythological texts, a plural form lapises can be found.
• The term lapis is sometimes considered an informal/slang term, especially after its popularization by Minecraft.

• ALIPs, Alsip, Lipas, lipas, pails, spial

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil

• Hyphenation: la‧pis

Unknown.

lapis

1. the doublespotted queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)

From Spanish lápiz (“pencil”), from Latin lapis (“stone”).

lapis

1. a pencil

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil

• lápis (Reintegrationist spelling)

Borrowed from Latin lapis (“stone”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlapis/

lapis m (plural lapis)

1. pencil

• “lapis” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Inherited from Malay lapis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapis (“stone slab, thin layer”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.pɪs/
• Rhymes: -pɪs, -ɪs, -s
• Hyphenation: la‧pis

lapis (plural lapis-lapis, first-person possessive lapisku, second-person possessive lapismu, third-person possessive lapisnya)

1. layer, lining
2. row
3. stratum

lapis

1. in layers

• “lapis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Latin lapis. Doublet of lapide.

lapis m (invariable)

1. pencil

   Synonym: matita

2. sanguine (red chalk)

   Synonym: sanguigna

• appuntalapis

• → Catalan: llapis
• → Galician: lapis
• → Maltese: lapes
• → Portuguese: lápis
• → Spanish: lápiz

• salpi, spali

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil

lapis

1. squirrel

May be connected with Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”), either from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”) (confer with secō – saxum; rumpō – rupēs) or, more likely, a Mediterranean substrate language.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.pis/, [ˈɫ̪äpɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.pis/, [ˈläːpis]

lapis m (genitive lapidis); third declension

1. a stone

   Synonyms: saxum, silex, petra

   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Genesis 28:22

     et lapis iste quem erexi in titulum vocabitur Domus Dei

     And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house

2. a milestone
3. a boundary stone
4. gravestone, tombstone
5. lapis manalis ("stone of manes"), which covers the gate of Hades or underworld
6. a stone platform at a slave auction
7. a statue
8. (poetic) jewel, precious stone

Third-declension noun.

• lapidārius
• lapidātiō
• lapidātor

• “lapis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lapis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lapis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lapis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “lapis”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 678

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil

lapís

1. coconut shell

From French lapis or Latin lapis.

lapis n (uncountable)

1. lapis lazuli

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”), from Latin lapis.

• Hyphenation: la‧pis
• IPA^(key): /ˈlapis/, [ˈla.pɪs]

lapis (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

1. pencil
2. graphite; black lead

   Synonym: grapito

3. doublespotted queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)
4. stone slab; stile of tiles

From Portuguese lápis.

lapis

1. pencil

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil

Borrowed from Spanish lápiz (“pencil”).

lapis

1. pencil