rupex
Latin
editEtymology
editPossibly from a zero-grade formation from the Proto-Indo-European root *Hrewp- (“to break”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈru.peks/, [ˈrʊpɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈru.peks/, [ˈruːpeks]
Noun
editrupex m (genitive rupicis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rupex | rupicēs |
| Genitive | rupicis | rupicum |
| Dative | rupicī | rupicibus |
| Accusative | rupicem | rupicēs |
| Ablative | rupice | rupicibus |
| Vocative | rupex | rupicēs |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rumpō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 529–530
Further reading
edit- “rupex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rupex 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)
- rupex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.