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poples
poples
Latin
Noun
poples m (genitive poplitis); third declension
- (literally) the ham of the knee, the hough, the hock
- (transferred sense, in general) the knee
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | poples | poplitēs |
| genitive | poplitis | poplitum |
| dative | poplitī | poplitibus |
| accusative | poplitem | poplitēs |
| ablative | poplite | poplitibus |
| vocative | poples | poplitēs |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- popliteus (New Latin)
Descendants
References
- poplĕs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- poples in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pŏplĕs”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,201/1.