sesquipes
Latin
Etymology
From sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + pēs (“foot, Roman foot”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈseːs.kʷɪ.peːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛs.kʷi.pes]
Noun
sēsquipēs m (genitive sēsquipedis); third declension
- 1½ feet, particularly Roman feet
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sēsquipēs | sēsquipedēs |
| genitive | sēsquipedis | sēsquipedum |
| dative | sēsquipedī | sēsquipedibus |
| accusative | sēsquipedem | sēsquipedēs |
| ablative | sēsquipede | sēsquipedibus |
| vocative | sēsquipēs | sēsquipedēs |
Derived terms
- sēsquipedālis
- sēsquipedāneus
References
- “sesquipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press