cepitis

Latin

Alternative forms

• cēpolatitīs

Etymology

Perhaps from cepa.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keːˈpiː.tis/, [keːˈpiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈpi.tis/, [t͡ʃeˈpiːt̪is]

Noun

cēpītis f (genitive cēpītidis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cēpītis	cēpītidēs
genitive	cēpītidis	cēpītidum
dative	cēpītidī	cēpītidibus
accusative	cēpītidem	cēpītidēs
ablative	cēpītide	cēpītidibus
vocative	cēpītis	cēpītidēs

References

• “cepitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cepitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.