English

Noun

adeps ‎(uncountable)

1. (physiology) Soft or liquid animal fat.

Synonyms

• (soft or liquid fat): lard

Related terms

• adipose

Translations

Anagrams

• spade

Latin

Alternative forms

• adips

Etymology

Possibly from Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ ‎(áleiphar) (with "d" for "l").

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.deps/

Noun

adeps m ‎(genitive adipis); third declension

1. fat, lard, grease
2. corpulence, obesity
3. sapwood

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• adipōsus

References

• adeps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adeps in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ADEPS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adeps”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.