puppis
See also: Puppis
Latin
Etymology
Of uncertain etymology.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpup.pis/, [ˈpʊpːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpup.pis/, [ˈpupːis]
Noun
puppis f (genitive puppis); third declension
- stern, poop of a ship
- (by extension) a ship
- (figuratively) backside of a person
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or occasionally -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | puppis | puppēs |
Genitive | puppis | puppium |
Dative | puppī | puppibus |
Accusative | puppim puppem |
puppēs puppīs |
Ablative | puppī puppe |
puppibus |
Vocative | puppis | puppēs |
Synonyms
- (ship): nāvis
Descendants
References
- “puppis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “puppis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- puppis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- puppis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “puppis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers