reptilis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
  • 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.
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