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lippus
lippus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leyp- 'to smear, stick'. Cognate to Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”).
Adjective
lippus m (feminine lippa, neuter lippum); first/second declension
- having bleary, watery or inflamed eyes
- half-sighted, mope-eyed, purblind, myopic
- blind to one's own faults
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | lippus | lippa | lippum | lippī | lippae | lippa | |
| genitive | lippī | lippae | lippī | lippōrum | lippārum | lippōrum | |
| dative | lippō | lippō | lippīs | ||||
| accusative | lippum | lippam | lippum | lippōs | lippās | lippa | |
| ablative | lippō | lippā | lippō | lippīs | |||
| vocative | lippe | lippa | lippum | lippī | lippae | lippa | |
References
- lippus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lippus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lippus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.