avipes

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Latin

Etymology

From avis (bird) + pēs (foot).

Pronunciation

Adjective

avipēs (genitive avipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. bird-footed
  2. (figuratively) swift-footed

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

References

  • avipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • avipes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.