Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Italic *-kaput-is, an i-stem derivative from the same root as caput, with regular weakening *-kaput-is > *-kepeti-s > *-kepets > -cipes.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-cipes (genitive -cipitis); third declension

  1. (rare) Alternative form of -ceps
Declension edit

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative -cipes -cipitēs -cipitia
Genitive -cipitis -cipitium
Dative -cipitī -cipitibus
Accusative -cipitem -cipes -cipitēs -cipitia
Ablative -cipitī -cipitibus
Vocative -cipes -cipitēs -cipitia

Etymology 2 edit

From capiō.

Suffix edit

-cipēs

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of -ceps

References edit

  1. ^ 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