vulpinus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • volpīnus

Etymology

From vulpēs (“fox”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯ulˈpiː.nus/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈpiːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vulˈpi.nus/, [vulˈpiːnus]

Adjective

vulpīnus (feminine vulpīna, neuter vulpīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) vulpine, fox

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative vulpīnus vulpīna vulpīnum vulpīnī vulpīnae vulpīna
Genitive vulpīnī vulpīnae vulpīnī vulpīnōrum vulpīnārum vulpīnōrum
Dative vulpīnō vulpīnō vulpīnīs
Accusative vulpīnum vulpīnam vulpīnum vulpīnōs vulpīnās vulpīna
Ablative vulpīnō vulpīnā vulpīnō vulpīnīs
Vocative vulpīne vulpīna vulpīnum vulpīnī vulpīnae vulpīna

Descendants
  • Inherited:
    • Old Italian: volpigno
  • Borrowed:

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