lepidus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from lep(ōs) (“pleasantness”, “sweetness”) + -idus (“tending to”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈle.pi.dus/, [ˈɫ̪ɛpɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.pi.dus/, [ˈlɛːpid̪us]
Adjective
[edit]lepidus (feminine lepida, neuter lepidum, superlative lepidissimus, adverb lepidē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | lepidus | lepida | lepidum | lepidī | lepidae | lepida | |
genitive | lepidī | lepidae | lepidī | lepidōrum | lepidārum | lepidōrum | |
dative | lepidō | lepidae | lepidō | lepidīs | |||
accusative | lepidum | lepidam | lepidum | lepidōs | lepidās | lepida | |
ablative | lepidō | lepidā | lepidō | lepidīs | |||
vocative | lepide | lepida | lepidum | lepidī | lepidae | lepida |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “lepidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lepidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lepidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lepidus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lepidus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray