vipereus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iːˈpe.re.us/, [u̯iːˈpɛreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈpe.re.us/, [viˈpɛːreus]
Adjective[edit]
vīpereus (feminine vīperea, neuter vīpereum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to a viper or snake; snaky
- Seneca the Younger, Hercules Furens, line 88:
- Viperea saevae verbera incutiant manus.
- Let their [the Eumenides'] savage hands brandish snaky lashes.
- Viperea saevae verbera incutiant manus.
- Seneca the Younger, Hercules Furens, line 88:
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vīpereus | vīperea | vīpereum | vīpereī | vīpereae | vīperea | |
| Genitive | vīpereī | vīpereae | vīpereī | vīpereōrum | vīpereārum | vīpereōrum | |
| Dative | vīpereō | vīpereō | vīpereīs | ||||
| Accusative | vīpereum | vīpeream | vīpereum | vīpereōs | vīpereās | vīperea | |
| Ablative | vīpereō | vīpereā | vīpereō | vīpereīs | |||
| Vocative | vīperee | vīperea | vīpereum | vīpereī | vīpereae | vīperea | |
References[edit]
- “vipereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vipereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vipereus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.