perperus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go over”). Perhaps originally meaning "precipitous", "heedless". Cognate with Latin per (“through”), prīmus (“first”), prīvus (“private”) and prīscus (“ancient”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈper.pe.rus/, [ˈpɛrpɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.pe.rus/, [ˈpɛrperus]
Adjective
perperus (feminine perpera, neuter perperum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | perperus | perpera | perperum | perperī | perperae | perpera | |
| Genitive | perperī | perperae | perperī | perperōrum | perperārum | perperōrum | |
| Dative | perperō | perperō | perperīs | ||||
| Accusative | perperum | perperam | perperum | perperōs | perperās | perpera | |
| Ablative | perperō | perperā | perperō | perperīs | |||
| Vocative | perpere | perpera | perperum | perperī | perperae | perpera | |
References
- “perperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perperus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.