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hirpex

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Harrow

Etymology

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From hirpus (“wolf”), of Sabine origin.[1]

Noun

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hirpex m (genitive hirpicis); third declension

  1. harrow

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative hirpex hirpicēs
genitive hirpicis hirpicum
dative hirpicī hirpicibus
accusative hirpicem hirpicēs
ablative hirpice hirpicibus
vocative hirpex hirpicēs

Descendants

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  • From hirpex, hirpicis
    • Franco-Provençal: hersi
    • Old French: herse
    • Italian: erpice
  • From Medieval Latin: hercia
  • From Medieval Latin: herpia

References

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  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “hirpus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 296: “(h)irpex -icis”

Further reading

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