saepis
See also: saepis.
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂ip- (“to cram, fence”). Cognate with saepēs, saepiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsae̯.pɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛː.pis]
Adjective
saepis (neuter saepe, adverb saepe); third-declension two-termination adjective
- that happens often, frequent
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | saepis | saepe | saepēs | saepia | |
| genitive | saepis | saepium | |||
| dative | saepī | saepibus | |||
| accusative | saepem | saepe | saepēs saepīs |
saepia | |
| ablative | saepī | saepibus | |||
| vocative | saepis | saepe | saepēs | saepia | |
- comparative saepior, superlative saepissimus
Derived terms
References
- “saepis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- saepis 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
Etymology 2
See saepiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsae̯.piːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛː.pis]
Verb
saepīs
- second-person singular present active indicative of saepiō