reptilis

Latin

Etymology

From rēpt- (supine stem of rēpō (“to creep, crawl”)) +‎ -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈreːp.ti.lis/, [ˈreːpt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrep.ti.lis/, [ˈrɛpt̪ilis]

Adjective

rēptilis (neuter rēptile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. creeping, crawling.

Declension

• Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	rēptilis	rēptile		rēptilēs	rēptilia
genitive	rēptilis			rēptilium
dative	rēptilī			rēptilibus
accusative	rēptilem	rēptile		rēptilēs rēptilīs	rēptilia
ablative	rēptilī			rēptilibus
vocative	rēptilis	rēptile		rēptilēs	rēptilia

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: rèptil
• → English: reptile
• French: reptile
  • → Romanian: reptilă
• Italian: rettile
• Portuguese: réptil
• Sicilian: rìttili
• Spanish: reptil

References

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