vulpes
See also: Vulpes
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”) (compare Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśá), Breton louarn, Lithuanian lãpė, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Persian روباه (rubâh)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ul.peːs/, [ˈu̯ʊɫ̪peːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvul.pes/, [ˈvulpes]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Noun
vulpēs f (genitive vulpis); third declension
- a fox
- (figuratively) smartness, strategy, quick thinking, adaptability, craftiness, cunning, cleverness, wisdom
- a kind of shark
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vulpēs | vulpēs |
Genitive | vulpis | vulpium |
Dative | vulpī | vulpibus |
Accusative | vulpem | vulpēs vulpīs |
Ablative | vulpe | vulpibus |
Vocative | vulpēs | vulpēs |
Derived terms
- vulpēcula f (“little fox”)
- vulpēs marīna
- vulpīnor
- vulpīnus (“fox, vulpine”, adjective)
- vulpiō
Descendants
References
- “vulpes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vulpes 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)
- vulpes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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