sirpe

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Ancient Greek σίλφιον (sílphion).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sirpe n (genitive sirpis); third declension

  1. silphium

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sirpe sirpia
Genitive sirpis sirpium
Dative sirpī sirpibus
Accusative sirpe sirpia
Ablative sirpī sirpibus
Vocative sirpe sirpia

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Descendants[edit]

  • Albanian: sherp

References[edit]

  • sirpe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sirpe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.