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Puppis

Puppis

See also: puppis

English

Proper noun

Puppis

  1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

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puppis

puppis

See also: Puppis

Latin

Noun

puppis f (genitive puppis); third declension

  1. stern, poop of a ship
  2. (by extension) a ship
  3. (figuratively) backside of a person

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative puppis puppēs
genitive puppis puppium
dative puppī puppibus
accusative puppem
puppim
puppēs
puppīs
ablative puppe
puppī
puppibus
vocative puppis puppēs

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