alapa

alapa
ălăpa, ae, f. [akin to -cello, to smite, as if calapa; cf. kolaphos], 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.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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