loripes

Latin

Etymology

From lōrum +‎ pēs, literally “strapfooted”.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lōripēs (genitive lōripedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (chiefly derogatory) limber-footed, having flexible, unreliable feet, as if straps
   • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 3.1.7:

     Nequiquam hos procos mi elegi loripedis, tardissimos.

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   • c. 100 CE – c. 130 CE, Juvenal, Satires X.306–309:

     Nullus ephebum
     deformem saeua castrauit in arce tyrannus,
     nec praetextatum rapuit Nero loripedem nec
     strumosum atque utero pariter gibboque tumentem.

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Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	lōripēs			lōripedēs	lōripedia
genitive	lōripedis			lōripedium
dative	lōripedī			lōripedibus
accusative	lōripedem	lōripēs		lōripedīs lōripedēs	lōripedia
ablative	lōripedī lōripede	lōripedī		lōripedibus
vocative	lōripēs			lōripedēs	lōripedia

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.