vulpes
See also: Vulpes
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”) (compare Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśá), Breton louarn, Lithuanian lãpė, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Persian روباه (rubâh)).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwul.peːs/, [ˈwʊɫ̪.peːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvul.pes/, [ˈvul.pɛs]
Audio (Classical) (file)
NounEdit
vulpēs f (genitive vulpis); third declension
- a fox, vixen
- (figuratively) smartness, strategy, quick thinking, adaptability, craftiness, cunning, cleverness, wisdom
- a kind of shark
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vulpēs | vulpēs |
Genitive | vulpis | vulpium |
Dative | vulpī | vulpibus |
Accusative | vulpem | vulpēs vulpīs |
Ablative | vulpe | vulpibus |
Vocative | vulpēs | vulpēs |
Derived termsEdit
- vulpēcula f (“little fox”)
- vulpīnus (“fox, vulpine”, adjective)
- vulpēs marīna
- vulpīnor
- vulpiō
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- vulpes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vulpes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- vulpes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette