-ceps
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /keps/, [kɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeps/, [t͡ʃɛps]
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic *-kaputis, from the same root as caput, with *-kaputis > *-kapts. The suffix vowel was most likely lost by analogy to -ceps (“-catcher”).[1]
Alternative forms edit
- -cipes (rare in Classical Latin)
Suffix edit
-ceps (genitive -cipitis); third-declension one-termination suffix
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | -ceps | -cipitēs | -cipitia | ||
Genitive | -cipitis | -cipitium | |||
Dative | -cipitī | -cipitibus | |||
Accusative | -cipitem | -ceps | -cipitēs | -cipitia | |
Ablative | -cipitī | -cipitibus | |||
Vocative | -ceps | -cipitēs | -cipitia |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Italic *-kaps, related to capiō.
Suffix edit
-ceps m (genitive -cipis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | -ceps | -cipēs |
Genitive | -cipis | -cipum |
Dative | -cipī | -cipibus |
Accusative | -cipem | -cipēs |
Ablative | -cipe | -cipibus |
Vocative | -ceps | -cipēs |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caput, -itis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91