-ceps

See also: ceps and CEPs

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

  1. -headed
  2. -fold
Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative -ceps -ceps -cipitēs -cipitia
Genitive -cipitis -cipitis -cipitium -cipitium
Dative -cipitī -cipitī -cipitibus -cipitibus
Accusative -cipitem -ceps -cipitēs -cipitia
Ablative -cipitī -cipitī -cipitibus -cipitibus
Vocative -ceps -ceps -cipitēs -cipitia

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *-kaps, related to capiō.

Suffix

-ceps m (genitive -cipis); third declension

  1. -catcher
  2. -taker
Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -ceps -cipēs
Genitive -cipis -cipum
Dative -cipī -cipibus
Accusative -cipem -cipēs
Ablative -cipe -cipibus
Vocative -ceps -cipēs

Derived terms

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References

  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, page 91
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