Lepidus

See also: lepidus

Latin

Etymology

From lepidus (“pleasant; charming”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈle.pi.dus/, [ˈɫ̪ɛpɪd̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.pi.dus/, [ˈlɛːpid̪us]

Proper noun

Lepidus m sg (genitive Lepidī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lepidus
Genitive Lepidī
Dative Lepidō
Accusative Lepidum
Ablative Lepidō
Vocative Lepide

Derived terms
  • Lepidiānus

References
  • “Lepidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lepidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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