LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

sonipēs1

sonipēs (genitive sonipedis)
Classical[ˈsɔ.nɪ.peːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔː.ni.pes]

Meaning

  1. one terminationnoisy-footed

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesonipēssonipēssonipēs
genitivesonipedissonipedissonipedis
dativesonipedīsonipedīsonipedī
accusativesonipedemsonipedemsonipēs
ablativesonipedī
sonipede		sonipedī
sonipede		sonipedī
sonipede
vocativesonipēssonipēssonipēs
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesonipedēssonipedēssonipedia
genitivesonipediumsonipediumsonipedium
dativesonipedibussonipedibussonipedibus
accusativesonipedīs
sonipedēs		sonipedīs
sonipedēs		sonipedia
ablativesonipedibussonipedibussonipedibus
vocativesonipedēssonipedēssonipedia

sŏnĭ-pēs (sŏnŭpēs), pĕdis, adj. sonus,
I. with sounding feet, noisy-footed (poet.): turba (in Isidis sacris), Grat. Cyn. 43.—As subst., noisy-foot, i. e. a horse, a prancer, steed: fremit aequore toto Insultans sonipes et pressis pugnat habenis, Verg. A. 11, 600; Cat. 63, 41; Sil. 1, 222; Val. Fl. 3, 334; Stat. Th. 5, 3 al. (in Cic., sonipedes is cited as an example of a fourth pæon, de Or. 3, 47, 183).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swenh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swónh₂os
  3. Latinsonipēs

Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Latin pēs Latin sonipēs From sonus (“sound”) + pēs (“foot”).

Descendants
  • Byzantine Greekἠχόπους
noun · masculinethird declension
sonipēs2
sonipēs m (genitive sonipedis)
Classical[ˈsɔ.nɪ.peːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔː.ni.pes]

Meaning

  1. poetichorse; steed; the prancing steed; the horse with ringing hoof
    [...] ostrōque īnsignis et aurō… and splendidly [caparisoned] in purple and gold stands [Dido’s] hoof-stamping [horse], so bold it chomps its foaming bit. (The horse — bedecked in regal finery befitting its rider — is high-spirited and eager for the hunt.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.134-135

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesonipēssonipedēs
genitivesonipedissonipedum
dativesonipedīsonipedibus
accusativesonipedemsonipedēs
ablativesonipedesonipedibus
vocativesonipēssonipedēs

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swenh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swónh₂os
  3. Latinsonipēs

Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Latin pēs Latin sonipēs From sonus (“sound”) + pēs (“foot”).

Quick answers

What does sonipēs mean in Latin?
sonipēs, a adjective, means “noisy-footed”.
How do you pronounce sonipēs?
In classical Latin, [ˈsɔ.nɪ.peːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɔː.ni.pes].
Where does sonipēs come from?
Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os → Latin sonipēs.