alipes
Latin
Etymology
From āla (“wing”) + pēs (“foot”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.lɪ.peːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.li.pes]
Adjective
ālipēs (genitive ālipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- with wings on the feet, wing-footed; an epithet of Mercury
- (poetic, figuratively) swift, fleet, quick
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | ālipēs | ālipedēs | ālipeda | ||
| genitive | ālipedis | ālipedum | |||
| dative | ālipedī | ālipedibus | |||
| accusative | ālipedem | ālipēs | ālipedēs | ālipeda | |
| ablative | ālipedī ālipede |
ālipedibus | |||
| vocative | ālipēs | ālipedēs | ālipeda | ||
Descendants
References
- “alipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers