hirpex

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Latin

Alternative forms

Harrow

Etymology

From hirpus (“wolf”) of Sabine origin.

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

hirpex m (genitive hirpicis); third declension

  1. harrow

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative hirpex hirpicēs
genitive hirpicis hirpicum
dative hirpicī hirpicibus
accusative hirpicem hirpicēs
ablative hirpice hirpicibus
vocative hirpex hirpicēs

Descendants

  • From hirpex, hirpicis
    • Franco-Provençal: hersi
    • Old French: herse
    • Italian: erpice
  • From Medieval Latin: hercia
  • From Medieval Latin: herpia

References

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