vespex
Latin
Etymology
Probably from a Proto-Indo-European root common to Danish kvas (“twig”) and Ancient Greek βόστρυχος (bóstrukhos, “anything twisted or wreathed”) or maybe related to Old Armenian կոշտ (košt, “knot”)[1].
Noun
vespex f (genitive vespicis); third declension
- A thicket, a shrubbery
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vespex | vespicēs |
| Genitive | vespicis | vespicum |
| Dative | vespicī | vespicibus |
| Accusative | vespicem | vespicēs |
| Ablative | vespice | vespicibus |
| Vocative | vespex | vespicēs |
References
- vespices in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vespices in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “vespex”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 771