hirpus
Latin
Alternative forms
- irpus
Etymology
From Sabine, which according to de Vaan could be related to hircus (“he-goat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhir.pus/, [ˈhɪrpʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈir.pus/, [ˈirpus]
Noun
hirpus m (genitive hirpī); second declension
- wolf
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hirpus | hirpī |
| Genitive | hirpī | hirpōrum |
| Dative | hirpō | hirpīs |
| Accusative | hirpum | hirpōs |
| Ablative | hirpō | hirpīs |
| Vocative | hirpe | hirpī |
Synonyms
- lupus
References
- “hirpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hirpus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hirpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “hircus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286