rupes
See also: Rupes, rupés, rūpes, and rūpēs
English
Etymology
From Latin rūpēs (“cliff”).
Noun
rupes
- (astronomy, geology) An escarpment on another planet or a moon.
Anagrams
- Pre-Us, Purse, puers, pures, purse, re-ups, reups, sprue, super, super-
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁyp/
Verb
rupes
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ruper
Anagrams
- peurs
- pures
- repus
- super
Latin
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European root *Hrewp-, the same of rumpō (“I break”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈruː.peːs/, [ˈruːpeːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈru.pes/, [ˈruːpes]
Noun
rūpēs f (genitive rūpis); third declension
- cliff, rock
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rūpēs | rūpēs |
| Genitive | rūpis | rūpium |
| Dative | rūpī | rūpibus |
| Accusative | rūpem | rūpēs rūpīs |
| Ablative | rūpe | rūpibus |
| Vocative | rūpēs | rūpēs |
Derived terms
- rūpicola
- rūpestris
Descendants
- Aromanian: arup
- → English: rupes
- Italian: rupe
- Romanian: Rupea
- Spanish: rupe
References
- “rupes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rupes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rupes 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)
- rupes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette