alipes
Latin
Etymology
āla (“wing”) + pēs (“foot”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.li.peːs/, [ˈäːlʲɪpeːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.pes/, [ˈäːlipɛs]
Adjective
ālipēs (genitive ālipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- with wings on the feet, wing-footed; an epithet of Mercury
- (figuratively) swift, fleet, quick
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ālipēs | ālipedēs | ālipedia | ||
| Genitive | ālipedis | ālipedium | |||
| Dative | ālipedī | ālipedibus | |||
| Accusative | ālipedem | ālipēs | ālipedēs | ālipedia | |
| Ablative | ālipedī | ālipedibus | |||
| Vocative | ālipēs | ālipedēs | ālipedia | ||
References
- alipes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alipes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers