epops

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔποψ (épops).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pops/, [ˈɛpɔps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pops/, [ˈɛːpops]

Noun

epops m (genitive epopis); third declension

1. hoopoe

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	epops	epopēs
Genitive	epopis	epopum
Dative	epopī	epopibus
Accusative	epopem	epopēs
Ablative	epope	epopibus
Vocative	epops	epopēs

Synonyms

• upupa

Descendants

• Translingual: Upupa epops

References

• “epops”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “epops”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• epops in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.