Vappa, vappæ. f. g. Hor. Wine that hath lost the vertue.Mulra prolutus vappa. Hor. That hath swilled his soule in naughty dead wine.Vappa pro homine ignauo atque insulso, & in quo nihil prudentiæ est. Horat. Budæus exponit. A foolish man in whome there is no witte or good reason.Vappæ famam timer ac nebulonis. Hor. Perfida vappa, Vide PERFIDVS.Vaplo, vapulas, pen cor. vapulâre, Verbum neutrum passiuum. Propert. To be beaten.Corpus vapulat. Lucret. Quum omnium sermonibus sentiet vapulare. Cice. When hee shall perceine that all men shall speake sll of him, or when he is scourged with euerie mans talke.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
vappa, ae, f. [kindr. with vapor; cf. vapidus], wine that has lost its spirit and flavor; palled, flat, vapid wine.I.Lit.: vitium musto quibusdam in locis iterum sponte fervere, quā calamitate deperit sapor vappaeque accipit nomen, probrosum etiam hominum, cum degeneravit animus, Plin. 14, 20, 25, 125; Hor. S. 2, 3, 144; 1, 5, 16; Mart. 12, 48, 14.—II.Transf., masc., a spoiled or worthless fellow, a good-fornothing, Cat. 28, 5; Hor. S. 1, 1, 104; 1, 2, 12; Auct. Priap. 14; cf. Plin. l. l. supra.