sonipes

Latin

FWOTD – 3 January 2019

Etymology

From sonus (“sound”) +‎ pēs (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ni.peːs/, [ˈs̠ɔnɪpeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ni.pes/, [ˈsɔːnipes]

Adjective

sonipēs (genitive sonipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. noisy-footed

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sonipēs			sonipedēs	sonipedia
genitive	sonipedis			sonipedium
dative	sonipedī			sonipedibus
accusative	sonipedem	sonipēs		sonipedēs	sonipedia
ablative	sonipedī			sonipedibus
vocative	sonipēs			sonipedēs	sonipedia

Noun

sonipēs m (genitive sonipedis); third declension

1. (poetic) horse, steed, the prancing steed, the horse with ringing hoof
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.134-135:

     [...] ostrōque īnsignis et aurō
     stat sonipēs, ac frēna ferōx spūmantia mandit.

     [...] and splendidly [caparisoned] in purple and gold stands [Dido’s] hoof-stamping [horse], so bold it chomps its foaming bit.
     (The horse — bedecked in regal finery befitting its rider — is high-spirited and eager for the hunt.)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sonipēs	sonipedēs
genitive	sonipedis	sonipedum
dative	sonipedī	sonipedibus
accusative	sonipedem	sonipedēs
ablative	sonipede	sonipedibus
vocative	sonipēs	sonipedēs

References

• “sonipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sonipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sonipes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.