-cipes
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *-kaput-is, an i-stem derivative from the same root as caput, with regular weakening *-kaput-is > *-kepeti-s > *-kepets > -cipes.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪ.pɛs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃi.pes] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
-cipes (genitive -cipitis); third declension
- (rare) alternative form of -ceps
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | -cipes | -cipitēs | -cipitia | ||
| genitive | -cipitis | -cipitium | |||
| dative | -cipitī | -cipitibus | |||
| accusative | -cipitem | -cipes | -cipitēs | -cipitia | |
| ablative | -cipitī | -cipitibus | |||
| vocative | -cipes | -cipitēs | -cipitia | ||
Etymology 2
From capiō.
Suffix
-cipēs
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of -ceps
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caput, -itis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91