vepres

See also: vêpres

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; proposed derivations include:

• From a Proto-Indo-European root *werp- (“to bend”) common to Ancient Greek ῥέπω (rhépō, “to incline”).
• From a root common to Russian чуб (čub, “tuft, lock of hair”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.preːs/, [ˈu̯ɛpreːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.pres/, [ˈvɛːpres]

Noun

veprēs m or f (genitive vepris); third declension

1. bramble, thornbush
2. briar bush

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	veprēs	veprēs
genitive	vepris	veprium
dative	veprī	vepribus
accusative	veprem	veprēs veprīs
ablative	vepre	vepribus
vocative	veprēs	veprēs

• The form of the nominative case can also be vepris or veper.

Derived terms

• veprēcula

References

• “vepres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vepres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vepres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.