vespex
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Probably from a Proto-Indo-European root common to Danish kvas (“twig”) and Ancient Greek βόστρυχος (bóstrukhos, “anything twisted or wreathed”) or maybe related to Old Armenian կոշտ (košt, “knot”).[1]
Noun edit
vespex f (genitive vespicis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vespex | vespicēs |
| Genitive | vespicis | vespicum |
| Dative | vespicī | vespicibus |
| Accusative | vespicem | vespicēs |
| Ablative | vespice | vespicibus |
| Vocative | vespex | vespicēs |
References edit
- “vespices”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vespices in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “vespex”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 771