Translingual

Vulpes vulpes

Proper noun

Vulpes f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – the foxes.

Synonyms

• (genus): Alopex, Cynalopex, Fennecus, Leucocyon, Mamvulpesus, Megalotis, Vulpis

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Canidae - family; Caninae - subfamily; Vulpini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Vulpes bengalensis, Vulpes cana, Vulpes chama, Vulpes corsac, Vulpes ferrilata, Vulpes macrotis, Vulpes pallida, Vulpes ruppelli, Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes zerda, Vulpes lagopus - species

Latin

vulpēs (a fox)

Alternative forms

• volpēs
• vulpis

Noun

vulpēs f ‎(genitive vulpis); third declension

1. a fox
2. (figuratively) smart, strategy, quick thinking, adaptability, craftiness, cunning, cleverness , wisdom
3. a kind of shark

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• vulpes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• VULPES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vulpes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.