noun · femininethird declension
puppis
puppis f (genitive puppis)
Classical[ˈpʊp.pɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpup.pis]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- femininestern, poop of a ship
- broadlyfemininea ship
- femininefigurativelybackside of a person
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
postrēma pars nāvis; ibi gubernātor sedet.puppis -is f — in Mille Verba, Mare et Nāvēs
posterior pars nāvispuppis -is (f) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 7
pars posterior nāvis; tōta nāvispuppis -is (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 14, 23
pars posterior nāvispuppis -is (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 2
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | puppis | puppēs |
| genitive | puppis | puppium |
| dative | puppī | puppibus |
| accusative | puppim puppem | puppēs puppīs |
| ablative | puppī puppe | puppibus |
| vocative | puppis | puppēs |
puppis, is (acc. rarely puppem, Luc. 3, 545; and 4, 132, acc. to Prisc. p. 758 and 761 P.; abl. puppe, Ov. M. 5, 653; 7, 1; 11, 464 al.; Sil. 14, 525; Stat. Th. 3, 29 et saep.), f. etym. dub..
I. The hinder part of a ship, the stern or poop (where also the helm was placed):
navem convertens ad puppim, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3: surgens a puppi ventus, astern, right aft, Verg. A. 3, 130: e puppi, Curt. 4, 4, 8; Ov. M. 3, 651: major pars a puppe nantes equos loris trahebat, Curt. 7, 9, 4: puppes citae, Hor. Epod. 9, 20: sedebamus in puppi et clavum tenebamus, i. e. I sat at the helm of the ship of State, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 3: quam ob rem conscende nobiscum. et quidem ad puppim, id. ib. 12, 25, 5.—II. Transf.
A. In gen., a ship:
pictae puppes, Hor. C. 1, 14, 14; Verg. A. 1, 399; id. G. 3, 362; Ov. H. 13, 97.—B. As a constellation, The Ship, Cic. Arat. 389.— *
C. In comic lang., the back:
puppis Pereunda est probe, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 69.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
puppis is, acc. im, abl. ī (puppe, O., Iu.), f
the hinder part of a ship, stern, poop: navem convertens ad puppim: navis longae, L.: surgens a puppi ventus, aft, V.: stans in puppe recurvā, O.: sedebamus in puppi et clavum tenebamus, i. e. at the helm.—A ship: Aeneia, V.: pictae puppes, H.— The ship (a constellation), C. poët.
Origins
Uncertain. Pokorny compares Polish pupa (“bottom, rear”) and Ancient Greek πύματος (púmatos, “the last”), from a common Proto-Indo-European *pu (“turned away”), supposedly from or related to *apó (“away, off”), with uncertainties. (However, Pokorny did not consider that the Greek word could just as well reflect *pó-mn̥tos with Cowgill's law.) More information at Sanskrit पुनर् (púnar). An extra-Indo-European comparison such as to Hebrew בוב (būḇ, “to be hollow”) was soon dismissed when the understanding of Indo-European consolidated.
Descendants
- Englishpoop
- Englishpoop deck
- EnglishPuppis
- Catalanpopafrom Vulgar Latin *puppa
- Italianpoppafrom Vulgar Latin *puppa
- Frenchpoupefrom Vulgar Latin *puppa
- Portuguesepopafrom Vulgar Latin *puppa
- Romanianpupăfrom Vulgar Latin *puppa
- Spanishpopafrom Vulgar Latin *puppa
- Dutchpoep
In English words that came into English from puppis
- poop*puppa