alipes

Latin

Etymology

āla (“wing”) +‎ pēs (“foot”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.li.peːs/, [ˈäːlʲɪpeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.pes/, [ˈäːlipes]

Adjective

ālipēs (genitive ālipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. with wings on the feet, wing-footed; an epithet of Mercury
2. (figuratively) swift, fleet, quick

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	ālipēs			ālipedēs	ālipedia
genitive	ālipedis			ālipedium
dative	ālipedī			ālipedibus
accusative	ālipedem	ālipēs		ālipedēs	ālipedia
ablative	ālipedī			ālipedibus
vocative	ālipēs			ālipedēs	ālipedia

Descendants

• >? Aromanian: arpã, aripã
• >? Catalan: àlep
• >? Megleno-Romanian: iaripă
• >? Romanian: aripă

References

• “alipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “alipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers