vappo — Lewis & Short
vappo, ōnis, m.root vap-, to flutter; cf. Gr. h/pi/olos, moth,
I a moth, butterfly, Lucr. (or Lucil.) Fragm. ap. Prob. p. 1450 P. (v. Lindem. Corp. Gram. I. p. 109, n. 32; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 165 sq.).
The corpus record — Latin
vappo
vappo · m
a moth
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