exaptus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós

Proto-Italic *aptos

Latin aptus

Latin exaptus

From ex- + aptus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈsap.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eɡˈzap.tus]

Adjective

exaptus (feminine exapta, neuter exaptum); first/second-declension adjective

1. fastened, attached

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	exaptus	exapta	exaptum		exaptī	exaptae	exapta
genitive	exaptī	exaptae	exaptī		exaptōrum	exaptārum	exaptōrum
dative	exaptō	exaptae	exaptō		exaptīs
accusative	exaptum	exaptam	exaptum		exaptōs	exaptās	exapta
ablative	exaptō	exaptā	exaptō		exaptīs
vocative	exapte	exapta	exaptum		exaptī	exaptae	exapta

References

• “exaptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exaptus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “exaptus” on page 693 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)