celeripes
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From celer (“swift”) + pēs (“foot”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /keˈle.ri.peːs/, [kɛˈɫ̪ɛrɪpeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈle.ri.pes/, [t͡ʃeˈlɛːripes]
Adjective edit
celeripēs (genitive celeripedis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | celeripēs | celeripedēs | celeripedia | ||
| Genitive | celeripedis | celeripedium | |||
| Dative | celeripedī | celeripedibus | |||
| Accusative | celeripedem | celeripēs | celeripedēs | celeripedia | |
| Ablative | celeripedī | celeripedibus | |||
| Vocative | celeripēs | celeripedēs | celeripedia | ||
Synonyms edit
- (swift-footed): citipēs
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: celeripede
- French: céléripede
References edit
- “celeripes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “celeripes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- celeripes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- celeripes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.