English

Proper noun

Puppis

1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

Translations

Related terms

• poop deck

See also

• Argo
• Argo Navis
• Carina
• Pyxis
• Vela

Latin

Noun

puppis f ‎(genitive puppis); third declension

1. stern, poop of a ship
2. (by extension) a ship
3. (figuratively) backside of a person

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Synonyms

• (ship): nāvis

Descendants

• English: poop, poop deck, Puppis
• French: poupe
• Istriot: poûpa
• Italian: poppa
• Spanish: popa

References

• puppis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• puppis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PUPPIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “puppis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• puppis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers