praesaepe
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- praesēpe
- praesaepēs / praesēpēs
- praesaepis / praesēpis
- praesaepia / praesēpia
- praesaepium / praesēpium
Etymology edit
From praesaepiō (“barricade, fence in”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈsae̯.pe/, [präe̯ˈs̠äe̯pɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈse.pe/, [preˈs̬ɛːpe]
Noun edit
praesaepe n (genitive praesaepis); third declension
- enclosure, pen, fold
- (by extension) hut, dwelling
- a crib
- 348 CE – c. 413 CE, Prudentius, Dittochaeon 111-112:
- Inveniunt tectum pannīs, praesaepe jacentī
Cūna erat, […]- They [the shepherds] find Him [baby Jesus] wrapped in rags; the crib was a cradle to Him as He lay in it, […]
- Inveniunt tectum pannīs, praesaepe jacentī
- (astronomy) space between the two stars called Aselli in the constellation of Cancer.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | praesaepe | praesaepia |
| Genitive | praesaepis | praesaepium |
| Dative | praesaepī | praesaepibus |
| Accusative | praesaepe | praesaepia |
| Ablative | praesaepī | praesaepibus |
| Vocative | praesaepe | praesaepia |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “praesaepe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praesaepe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praesaepe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.