seps

See also: šeps and Seps

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σήψ (sḗps).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seːps/, [s̠eːps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seps/, [sɛps]

Noun

sēps m (genitive sēpis); third declension

1. A kind of snake, whose bite occasioned putrefaction
2. An insect, perhaps the woodlouse or centipede

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sēps	sēpēs
genitive	sēpis	sēpum
dative	sēpī	sēpibus
accusative	sēpem	sēpēs
ablative	sēpe	sēpibus
vocative	sēps	sēpēs

References

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