seps

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See also: šeps, and Seps

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σήψ (sḗps).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seːps/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seps/,

Noun

sēps m (genitive sēpis); third declension

A kind of snake, whose bite occasioned putrefaction
An insect, perhaps the woodlouse or centipede

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sēps	sēpēs
genitive	sēpis	sēpum
dative	sēpī	sēpibus
accusative	sēpem	sēpēs
ablative	sēpe	sēpibus
vocative	sēps	sēpēs

References

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

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