Etymology

lapactic

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Ancient Greek λαπακτικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλαπακτικός
  2. English todaylapactic

From Ancient Greek λαπακτικός (lapaktikós), from λαπάσσω (lapássō, “to empty”).

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