LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

sēpēs

sēpēs f (genitive sēpis)

Meaning

  1. hedge, fence

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesēpēssēpēs
genitivesēpissēpium
dativesēpīsēpibus
accusativesēpemsēpēs
sēpīs
ablativesēpesēpibus
vocativesēpēssēpēs

sē-pēs, pĕdis, adj. sex,
I. six-footed: populi (formicae), App. M. 6, p. 177, 26.
sēpes, is, v. saepes.

Origins

Monophthongized 'rustic' counterpart to saepēs.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesesebe
  • Spanishsebe
  • Galiciansebe
Gallo-Romance
  • Occitansep
  • Franc-Comtoissuéfrom Old French soif
  • Middle Frenchsoiffrom Old French soif
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshsaiv
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmontesesev
  • Romagnolsiv

Quick answers

What does sēpēs mean in Latin?
sēpēs, a noun, means “hedge, fence”.
What is the genitive of sēpēs?
The genitive singular is sēpis. sēpēs is feminine, third declension.