adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
tripēs1
tripēs (genitive tripedis)
Classical[ˈtrɪ.peːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtriː.pes]
Meaning
- one terminationHaving three feet; three-footed.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tripēs | tripēs | tripēs |
| genitive | tripedis | tripedis | tripedis |
| dative | tripedī | tripedī | tripedī |
| accusative | tripedem | tripedem | tripēs |
| ablative | tripedī tripede | tripedī tripede | tripedī tripede |
| vocative | tripēs | tripēs | tripēs |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tripedēs | tripedēs | tripedia |
| genitive | tripedium | tripedium | tripedium |
| dative | tripedibus | tripedibus | tripedibus |
| accusative | tripedīs tripedēs | tripedīs tripedēs | tripedia |
| ablative | tripedibus | tripedibus | tripedibus |
| vocative | tripedēs | tripedēs | tripedia |
trĭ-pēs, ĕdis, adj. ter,
I. having three feet, three-footed:
mensa, Hor. S. 1, 3, 13: grabatus, Mart. 12, 32, 11: mulus natus, Liv. 40, 2, 4; 40, 45, 4.—Trop., of a man leaning on a staff, Maxim. 1, 219, de sene.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tripēs edis, adj.
ter+pes, with three feet, three-footed : mensa, H.: mulus natus, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
- Proto-Indo-European*tri-
- Proto-Italic*tri-
- Latintripēs
Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Latin pēs Latin tripēs From tri- (“three”) + pēs (“foot”).