vepres

See also: vêpres

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin[1]; proposed derivations include:

From a Proto-Indo-European root *werp- (“to bend”) common to Ancient Greek ῥέπω (rhépō, “to incline”).
From a root common to Russian чуб (čub, “tuft, lock of hair”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwep.reːs/
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvep.reːs/

Noun

veprēs m (genitive vepris); third declension

bramble, thornbush
briar bush

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	veprēs	veprēs
Genitive	vepris	veprum
Dative	veprī	vepribus
Accusative	veprem	veprēs
Ablative	vepre	vepribus
Vocative	veprēs	veprēs

References

vepres in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
vepres in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
vepres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “vepres”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 754

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