Latin

Alternative forms

• praesēpe
• praesaepēs/ praesēpēs
• praesaepis/ praesēpis
• praesaepia/ praesēpia
• praesaepium/ praesēpium

Noun

praesaepe n ‎(genitive praesaepis); third declension

1. enclosure, pen, fold
2. (by extension) hut, dwelling
3. a crib
4. (astronomy) space between the two stars called Aselli in the constellation of Cancer.

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Synonyms

• (all senses): praesaepēs, praesaepia

Descendants

• Italian: presepe
• Portuguese: pesebre, presepe
• Spanish: pesebre

References

• praesaepe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praesaepe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praesaepe”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.