seps

See also: šeps and Seps

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σήψ (sḗps).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seːps/, [s̠eːps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seps/, [sɛps]

Noun

sēps m (genitive sēpis); third declension

1. A kind of snake, whose bite occasioned putrefaction
2. An insect, perhaps the woodlouse or centipede

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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.