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Latin
Etymology
From sonus (“sound”) + pēs (“foot”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sonipēs (genitive sonipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- noisy-footed
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Noun
sonipēs m (genitive sonipedis); third declension
- (poetic) horse, steed, the prancing steed, the horse with ringing hoof
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.134-135:
- ostrōque īnsignis et aurō
stat sonipēs, ac frēna ferōx spūmantia mandit.- and splendidly in purple and gold stands hoof-stamping , so bold it chomps its foaming bit.
(The horse — bedecked in regal finery befitting its rider — is high-spirited and eager for the hunt.)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “sonipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sonipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sonipes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.