versipellis
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From vertō (“turn”) + pellis (“skin, hide”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯er.siˈpel.lis/, [u̯ɛrs̠ɪˈpɛlːʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ver.siˈpel.lis/, [versiˈpɛlːis]
Adjective edit
versipellis (neuter versipelle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- shape-shifting, capable of transforming itself or altering its appearance
- (figuratively) sly, cunning, crafty
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | versipellis | versipelle | versipellēs | versipellia | |
| Genitive | versipellis | versipellium | |||
| Dative | versipellī | versipellibus | |||
| Accusative | versipellem | versipelle | versipellēs versipellīs |
versipellia | |
| Ablative | versipellī | versipellibus | |||
| Vocative | versipellis | versipelle | versipellēs | versipellia | |
Descendants edit
- → Italian: versipelle (learned)
Noun edit
versipellis m (genitive versipellis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | versipellis | versipellēs |
| Genitive | versipellis | versipellium |
| Dative | versipellī | versipellibus |
| Accusative | versipellem | versipellēs versipellīs |
| Ablative | versipelle | versipellibus |
| Vocative | versipellis | versipellēs |
Descendants edit
- → Italian: versipelle (learned)
References edit
- “versipellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- versipellis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “versipellis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers