derupta

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from neuter plural of dēruptus (“precipitous”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈrup.ta/, [d̪eːˈrʊpt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈrup.ta/, [d̪eˈrupt̪ä]

Noun

dērupta n pl (genitive dēruptōrum); second declension

1. precipices

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	dērupta
Genitive	dēruptōrum
Dative	dēruptīs
Accusative	dērupta
Ablative	dēruptīs
Vocative	dērupta

Adjective

dērupta

1. inflection of dēruptus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

dēruptā

1. ablative feminine singular of dēruptus

References

• “derupta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• derupta 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)
• derupta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.