seps
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σήψ (sḗps).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈseːps]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛps]
Noun
sēps m (genitive sēpis); third declension
- A kind of snake, whose bite occasioned putrefaction
- 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.