trespes

Latin

Etymology

From trēs (“three”) +‎ pēs (“foot”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtreːs.peːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪rɛs.pes]

Noun

trēspēs m (genitive trēspedis); third declension

(Late Latin) alternative form of tripēs (“tripod”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	trēspēs	trēspedēs
genitive	trēspedis	trēspedum
dative	trēspedī	trēspedibus
accusative	trēspedem	trēspedēs
ablative	trēspede	trēspedibus
vocative	trēspēs	trēspedēs

Descendants

→ Galician: trespés
⇒ Italian: trespolo
Sicilian: trèspiti

References

"trespes", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)