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Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /keps/, [kɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeps/, [t͡ʃɛps]
Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic *-kaputis, from the same root as caput, with *-kaputis > *-kapts. The suffix vowel was most likely lost by analogy to -ceps (“-catcher”).[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]- -cipes (rare in Classical Latin)
Suffix
[edit]-ceps (genitive -cipitis); third-declension one-termination suffix
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -ceps | -cipitēs | -cipitia | ||
| Genitive | -cipitis | -cipitium | |||
| Dative | -cipitī | -cipitibus | |||
| Accusative | -cipitem | -ceps | -cipitēs | -cipitia | |
| Ablative | -cipitī | -cipitibus | |||
| Vocative | -ceps | -cipitēs | -cipitia | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Italic *-kaps, equivalent to capiō + -s.
Suffix
[edit]-ceps m (genitive -cipis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -ceps | -cipēs |
| Genitive | -cipis | -cipum |
| Dative | -cipī | -cipibus |
| Accusative | -cipem | -cipēs |
| Ablative | -cipe | -cipibus |
| Vocative | -ceps | -cipēs |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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, →ISBN, page 91
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