puppis

See also: Puppis

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain etymology.

Pronunciation

Noun

puppis f (genitive puppis); third declension

  1. stern, poop of a ship
  2. (by extension) a ship
  3. (figuratively) backside of a person

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative puppis puppēs
Genitive puppis puppium
Dative puppī puppibus
Accusative puppem
puppim		 puppēs
puppīs
Ablative puppe
puppī		 puppibus
Vocative puppis puppēs

Synonyms

Descendants

References
  • puppis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • puppis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • puppis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • puppis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • puppis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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