caespes

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain origin;[1] a connection to caedō (“cut”) has been suggested.

Pronunciation

Noun

caespes m (genitive caespitis); third declension

  1. turf, sod
  2. grassy field

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative caespes caespitēs
genitive caespitis caespitum
dative caespitī caespitibus
accusative caespitem caespitēs
ablative caespite caespitibus
vocative caespes caespitēs

Descendants

References

  • “caespes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caespes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caespes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 293
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
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