Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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fūnis (rope, cord, line) +‎ rēpō (creep, crawl)

Noun

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fūnirēpus m (genitive fūnirēpī); second declension

  1. a rope-dancer; funambulist

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fūnirēpus fūnirēpī
Genitive fūnirēpī fūnirēpōrum
Dative fūnirēpō fūnirēpīs
Accusative fūnirēpum fūnirēpōs
Ablative fūnirēpō fūnirēpīs
Vocative fūnirēpe fūnirēpī

References

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