hirpex

Latin

Alternative forms

• irpex

Harrow

Etymology

From hirpus (“wolf”) of Sabine origin.

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

hirpex m (genitive hirpicis); third declension

1. harrow

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hirpex	hirpicēs
Genitive	hirpicis	hirpicum
Dative	hirpicī	hirpicibus
Accusative	hirpicem	hirpicēs
Ablative	hirpice	hirpicibus
Vocative	hirpex	hirpicēs

Descendants

• Medieval Latin: hercia
  • Old French: herce
    • French: herse
    • Norman: hèrse
    • Walloon: yesse
    • → Middle English: herse
      • English: hearse
• Italian: erpice

References

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