vulpes

See also: Vulpes

Latin

vulpēs (a fox)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”) (compare Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśá), Breton louarn, Lithuanian lãpė, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Persian ‎ (rubâh)).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwul.peːs/, [ˈwʊɫ.peːs]
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Noun

vulpēs f (genitive vulpis); third declension

a fox
(figuratively) smartness, strategy, quick thinking, adaptability, craftiness, cunning, cleverness, wisdom
a kind of shark

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vulpēs	vulpēs
Genitive	vulpis	vulpium
Dative	vulpī	vulpibus
Accusative	vulpem	vulpēs
Ablative	vulpe	vulpibus
Vocative	vulpēs	vulpēs

Derived terms

vulpēcula f (“little fox”)
vulpīnus (“fox, vulpine”, adjective)
vulpēs marīna
vulpīnor
vulpiō

Descendants

Aromanian: vulpi, vulpe
Catalan: volp
Corsican: volpi, vulpi
Dalmatian: bualp, vualp
Esperanto: vulpo
Friulian: bolp, volp
Galician: golpe
Istriot: bulpo
Istro-Romanian: vulpe

Italian: volpe
Ladin: volp
Occitan: volp
Old French: goupil
Romanian: vulpe
Romansch: vulp, vualp
Sicilian: vurpi, vulpi
Translingual: Vulpes
Venetian: volp, bolpe, bolp

References

vulpes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
vulpes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
vulpes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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