caespes

Latin

Alternative forms

• cēspes

Etymology

Uncertain origin; a connection to caedō (“cut”) has been suggested.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯s.pes/, [ˈkäe̯s̠pɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.pes/, [ˈt͡ʃɛspes]

Noun

caespes m (genitive caespitis); third declension

1. turf, sod
2. grassy field

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	caespes	caespitēs
genitive	caespitis	caespitum
dative	caespitī	caespitibus
accusative	caespitem	caespitēs
ablative	caespite	caespitibus
vocative	caespes	caespitēs

Descendants

• Catalan: gespa
• Italian: cespite, cespo
• Portuguese: céspede
• Sicilian: cìspiti
• Spanish: césped

References

• “caespes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caespes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caespes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 293