-ceps
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /keps/, [kɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeps/, [t͡ʃɛps]
Etymology 1
editFrom Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic *-kaputis, from the same root as caput, with *-kaputis > *-kapts. The suffix vowel was most likely lost by analogy to -ceps (“-catcher”).[1]
Alternative forms
edit- -cipes (rare in Classical Latin)
Suffix
edit-ceps (genitive -cipitis); third-declension one-termination suffix
Declension
editThird-declension one-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | -ceps | -cipitēs | -cipitia | ||
genitive | -cipitis | -cipitium | |||
dative | -cipitī | -cipitibus | |||
accusative | -cipitem | -ceps | -cipitēs | -cipitia | |
ablative | -cipitī | -cipitibus | |||
vocative | -ceps | -cipitēs | -cipitia |
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Italic *-kaps, equivalent to capiō + -s.
Suffix
edit-ceps m (genitive -cipis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | -ceps | -cipēs |
genitive | -cipis | -cipum |
dative | -cipī | -cipibus |
accusative | -cipem | -cipēs |
ablative | -cipe | -cipibus |
vocative | -ceps | -cipēs |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caput, -itis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91
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