sesquipes

Latin

Etymology

From sēsqui- (“a half and a”) +‎ pēs (“foot, Roman foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseːs.kʷi.peːs/, [ˈs̠eːs̠kʷɪpeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈses.kwi.pes/, [ˈsɛskwipes]

Noun

sēsquipēs m (genitive sēsquipedis); third declension

1. 1½ feet, particularly Roman feet

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sēsquipēs	sēsquipedēs
genitive	sēsquipedis	sēsquipedum
dative	sēsquipedī	sēsquipedibus
accusative	sēsquipedem	sēsquipedēs
ablative	sēsquipede	sēsquipedibus
vocative	sēsquipēs	sēsquipedēs

Derived terms

• sēsquipedālis
• sēsquipedāneus

 

References

• “sesquipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press