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Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

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Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Italic *kaput

Proto-Italic *-is

Proto-Italic *-kaputis

Latin -cipes

From Proto-Italic *-kaput-is, an i-stem derivative from the same root as caput, with regular weakening *-kaput-is > *-kepeti-s > *-kepets > -cipes.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪ.pɛs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃi.pes] (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-cipes (genitive -cipitis); third declension

(rare) alternative form of -ceps

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	-cipes		-cipitēs	-cipitia
genitive	-cipitis		-cipitium
dative	-cipitī		-cipitibus
accusative	-cipitem	-cipes	-cipitīs -cipitēs	-cipitia
ablative	-cipitī -cipite		-cipitibus
vocative	-cipes		-cipitēs	-cipitia

Etymology 2

From capiō.

Suffix

-cipēs

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of -ceps

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

[rdp-we-cite_note-1] 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

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