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-ceps

-ceps

See also: ceps and CEPs

Latin

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ceps (genitive -cipitis); third declension

  1. -headed
  2. -fold
Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative -ceps -cipitēs -cipitia
genitive -cipitis -cipitium
dative -cipitī -cipitibus
accusative -cipitem -ceps -cipitēs -cipitia
ablative -cipitī -cipitibus
vocative -ceps -cipitēs -cipitia
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *-kaps, related to capiō.

Suffix

-ceps m (genitive -cipis); third declension

  1. -catcher
  2. -taker
Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative -ceps -cipēs
genitive -cipis -cipum
dative -cipī -cipibus
accusative -cipem -cipēs
ablative -cipe -cipibus
vocative -ceps -cipēs
Derived terms

See also

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-ceps'>Latin words suffixed with -ceps</a>

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “caput, -itis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 91