sonipes
Latin
FWOTD – 3 January 2019
Etymology
From sonus (“sound”) + pēs (“foot”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɔ.nɪ.peːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɔː.ni.pes]
Adjective
sonipēs (genitive sonipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective
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
- (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.)
- [...] and splendidly [caparisoned] in purple and gold stands [Dido’s] hoof-stamping [horse], so bold it chomps its foaming bit.
- [...] ostrōque īnsignis et aurō
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.