saepis

See also: saepis.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂ip- (“to cram, fence”). Cognate with saepēs, saepiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsae̯.pis/, [ˈs̠äe̯pɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.pis/, [ˈsɛːpis]

Adjective

saepis (neuter saepe, adverb saepe); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. that happens often, frequent

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	saepis	saepe		saepēs	saepia
Genitive	saepis			saepium
Dative	saepī			saepibus
Accusative	saepem	saepe		saepēs saepīs	saepia
Ablative	saepī			saepibus
Vocative	saepis	saepe		saepēs	saepia

• comparative saepior, superlative saepissimus

Derived terms

• saepē

References

• “saepis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• saepis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 878

Etymology 2

See saepiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsae̯.piːs/, [ˈs̠äe̯piːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.pis/, [ˈsɛːpis]

Verb

saepīs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of saepiō