-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) IPA(key): /ki.pes/, [kɪ.pɛs] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
-cipes (genitive -cipitis); third declension
- (rare) Alternative form of -ceps
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -cipes | -cipes | -cipitēs | -cipitia | |
| Genitive | -cipitis | -cipitis | -cipitium | -cipitium | |
| Dative | -cipitī | -cipitī | -cipitibus | -cipitibus | |
| Accusative | -cipitem | -cipes | -cipitēs | -cipitia | |
| Ablative | -cipitī | -cipitī | -cipitibus | -cipitibus | |
| Vocative | -cipes | -cipes | -cipitēs | -cipitia | |
Etymology 2
From capiō.
Suffix
-cipēs
- nominative plural of -ceps
- accusative plural of -ceps
- 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, page 91