hirpex

Latin

Alternative forms

irpex

Harrow

Etymology

From hirpus (“wolf”) of Sabine origin.

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

hirpex m (genitive hirpicis); third declension

harrow

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hirpex	hirpicēs
Genitive	hirpicis	hirpicum
Dative	hirpicī	hirpicibus
Accusative	hirpicem	hirpicēs
Ablative	hirpice	hirpicibus
Vocative	hirpex	hirpicēs

Descendants

Medieval Latin: hercia
- Old French: herce
  - French: herse
  - Norman: hèrse
  - Walloon: yesse
  - → Middle English: herse
    - English: hearse
Italian: erpice

References

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

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