HOW TO PRONOUNCE
lapis
/ˈlæpəs/
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What does lapis mean?
noun
- Ellipsis of lapis lazuli.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlæpəs/
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Between two of the windows stood a large Florentine cabinet, made out of ebony and inlaid with ivory and blue lapis.
Clammy squares which sweat As if the corpse they keep were oozing through-- And no more lapis to delight the world!
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He "accordingly bought seven: viz., aqua fortis, white arsenic, mercury, powder of diamonds, lapis costitus, great spiders, cantharides."
You are a very simplicity ’oman; I pray you, peace.—What is lapis, William?
“Alcon hesterno signum Jovis attigit: ille, Quamvis marmoreus, vim patitur medici. Ecce hodie, jussus transferri ex aeede vetusta, Effertur, quamvis sit Deus atque lapis.”