praesaepe
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- praesēpe
- praesaepēs / praesēpēs
- praesaepis / praesēpis
- praesaepia / praesēpia
- praesaepium / praesēpium
Etymology
[edit]From praesaepiō (“barricade, fence in”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈsae̯.pe/, [präe̯ˈs̠äe̯pɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈse.pe/, [preˈs̬ɛːpe]
Noun
[edit]praesaepe n (genitive praesaepis); third declension
- enclosure, pen, fold
- (by extension) hut, dwelling
- a crib
- 348 CE – c. 413 CE, Prudentius, Dittochaeon 111-112:
- Inveniunt tectum pannīs, praesaepe jacentī
Cūna erat, […]- They [the shepherds] find Him [baby Jesus] wrapped in rags; the crib was a cradle to Him as He lay in it, […]
- Inveniunt tectum pannīs, praesaepe jacentī
- (astronomy) space between the two stars called Aselli in the constellation of Cancer.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praesaepe | praesaepia |
| genitive | praesaepis | praesaepium |
| dative | praesaepī | praesaepibus |
| accusative | praesaepe | praesaepia |
| ablative | praesaepī | praesaepibus |
| vocative | praesaepe | praesaepia |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “praesaepe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praesaepe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praesaepe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.