saepis
See also: saepis.
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂ip- (“to cram, fence”). Cognate with saepēs, saepiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsae̯.pis/, [ˈs̠äe̯pɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.pis/, [ˈsɛːpis]
Adjective
saepis (neuter saepe, adverb saepe); third-declension two-termination adjective
- 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
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 Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsae̯.piːs/, [ˈs̠äe̯piːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.pis/, [ˈsɛːpis]
Verb
(deprecated template usage) saepīs