saepes
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂ip- (“to cram, fence”), possibly from *sh₂ey-. Cognate with saepis, saepiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsae̯.peːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛː.pes]
Noun
saepēs f (genitive saepis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | saepēs | saepēs |
| genitive | saepis | saepium |
| dative | saepī | saepibus |
| accusative | saepem | saepēs saepīs |
| ablative | saepe | saepibus |
| vocative | saepēs | saepēs |
Descendants
Through ⇒ *saepālis, *saepīlis:
References
- “saepes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “saepes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- saepes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 878
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “saepes”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 563