dipsas

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διψάς (dipsás).

Noun[edit]

dipsas f (genitive dipsadis); third declension

  1. viper (Cerastes vipera)

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dipsas dipsadēs
Genitive dipsadis dipsadum
Dative dipsadī dipsadibus
Accusative dipsadem dipsadēs
Ablative dipsade dipsadibus
Vocative dipsas dipsadēs

Descendants[edit]

  • French: dipsade
  • Italian: dipsade

References[edit]

  • dipsas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dipsas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.