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Latin
Etymology
From lōrum + pēs.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lōripēs (genitive lōripedis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- club-footed
nec praetextātum rapuit Nero lōripedem - and never raped Nero a club-footed adolescent (Iuvenal. 10.308)
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- “loripes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- loripes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.