Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛps]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛps]
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
From Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic *-kaputis, from the same root as caput, with *-kaputis > *-kapts. The suffix vowel was most likely lost by analogy to -ceps (“-catcher”).[1]
Alternative forms
- -cipes (rare in Classical Latin)
Suffix
-ceps (genitive -cipitis); third-declension one-termination suffix
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | -ceps | -cipitēs | -cipitia | ||
| genitive | -cipitis | -cipitium | |||
| dative | -cipitī | -cipitibus | |||
| accusative | -cipitem | -ceps | -cipitīs -cipitēs |
-cipitia | |
| ablative | -cipitī -cipite |
-cipitibus | |||
| vocative | -ceps | -cipitēs | -cipitia | ||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (the ancient stem of capiō) + *-s, corresponding to Latin cap(iō) + -s.
Suffix
-ceps m (genitive -cipis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ceps | -cipēs |
| genitive | -cipis | -cipum |
| dative | -cipī | -cipibus |
| accusative | -cipem | -cipēs |
| ablative | -cipe | -cipibus |
| vocative | -ceps | -cipēs |
Derived terms
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “caput, -itis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91