-ceps

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See also: ceps, and CEPs

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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  • -cipes (rare in Classical Latin)

Suffix

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-ceps (genitive -cipitis); third-declension one-termination suffix

  1. -headed
  2. -fold
Declension
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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Italic *-kaps, equivalent to capiō +‎ -s.

Suffix

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-ceps m (genitive -cipis); third declension

  1. -catcher
  2. -taker
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ 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