loripes

Latin

Etymology

From lōrum +‎ pēs, literally “strapfooted”.

Pronunciation

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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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.
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