vappo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

vappo, ōnis, m. [root vap-, to flutter; cf. Gr. ήπίολος, moth],

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.).