celeripes

Latin

Etymology

From celer (“swift”) + pēs (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛˈɫɛ.rɪ.peːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃeˈlɛː.ri.pes]

Adjective

celeripēs (genitive celeripedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (rare) swift-footed

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	celeripēs			celeripedēs	celeripedia
genitive	celeripedis			celeripedium
dative	celeripedī			celeripedibus
accusative	celeripedem	celeripēs		celeripedīs celeripedēs	celeripedia
ablative	celeripedī celeripede	celeripedī		celeripedibus
vocative	celeripēs			celeripedēs	celeripedia

Synonyms

• (swift-footed): citipēs

Related terms

• celer
• celeranter
• celerātim
• celere
• celeritās
• celeriter
• celeritūdō
• celeriusculē
• celerō
• pēs

Descendants

• English: celeripede
• French: céléripede

References

• “celeripes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “celeripes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "celeripes", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “celeripes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.