Latin edit

Etymology edit

From rēpō (to creep, crawl) +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

rēptilis (neuter rēptile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. creeping, crawling.

Declension edit

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative rēptilis rēptile rēptilēs rēptilia
Genitive rēptilis rēptilium
Dative rēptilī rēptilibus
Accusative rēptilem rēptile rēptilēs
rēptilīs
rēptilia
Ablative rēptilī rēptilibus
Vocative rēptilis rēptile rēptilēs rēptilia

Descendants edit

  • English: reptile
  • French: reptile
  • Italian: rettile
  • Portuguese: réptil
  • Romanian: reptilă
  • Sicilian: rìttili
  • Spanish: reptil

References edit

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