lepus
See also: Lepus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown; not an Indo-European word. Perhaps of Iberian or Celtiberian substrate origin and related to Massaliot λεβηρίς (lebērís).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lepus m (genitive leporis); third declension
- a hare
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8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.100
- et lepus inpavidus mediis erravit in arvis
- and hares wandered, unafraid, among the fields
- et lepus inpavidus mediis erravit in arvis
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Sextus videt leporem. ― Sextus sees the hare.
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- a poisonous sea fish colored like the hare
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c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.3
- Non sunt minus mira quae de lepore marino traduntur.
- No less wonderful, too, are the particulars which we find stated relative to the sea-hare.
- Non sunt minus mira quae de lepore marino traduntur.
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- (astronomy) the constellation Lepus
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Hyginus, De Astronomia
- Leporis autem hanc historiam memoriae prodiderunt.
- The following story of the hare has been recorded.
- Leporis autem hanc historiam memoriae prodiderunt.
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Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | lepus | leporēs |
genitive | leporis | leporum |
dative | leporī | leporibus |
accusative | leporem | leporēs |
ablative | lepore | leporibus |
vocative | lepus | leporēs |
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- lepus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lepus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lepus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- lepus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Lithuanian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lepùs m (feminine lepì) stress pattern 4
- fastidious, spoilt
- Jis lepus ir visada galvoja tik apie save
- He is so fastidious and always thinking only about himself.
- Jis lepus ir visada galvoja tik apie save
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