"vulpes" meaning in Latin

See vulpes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈwʊɫ.peːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvul.pes] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p-i-s Proto-Italic *wolpis Latin volpēs Latin vulpēs From earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p-i-s (“marten, cat”). (compare Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśá), Breton louarn, Lithuanian lãpė, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Persian روباه (rubâh)), with an analogous gender change. Possibly a conflation with earlier words for "wolf"; see wĺ̥kʷos. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:from<text:from earlier>|volpēs<ety:inh<itc-pro:*wolpis>>|text=++|title=vulpēs|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p-i-s Proto-Italic *wolpis Latin volpēs Latin vulpēs From earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p-i-s (“marten, cat”)., {{cog|sa|लोपाश|tr=lopāśá}} Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśá), {{cog|br|louarn}} Breton louarn, {{cog|lt|lãpė}} Lithuanian lãpė, {{cog|grc|ἀλώπηξ}} Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), {{cog|fa|روباه|tr=rubâh}} Persian روباه (rubâh) Head templates: {{la-noun|vulpēs<3>|g=f}} vulpēs f (genitive vulpis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vulpēs<3>}} Forms: vulpēs [canonical, feminine], vulpis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vulpēs [nominative, singular], vulpēs [nominative, plural], vulpis [genitive, singular], vulpium [genitive, plural], vulpī [dative, singular], vulpibus [dative, plural], vulpem [accusative, singular], vulpēs [accusative, plural], vulpīs [accusative, plural], vulpe [ablative, singular], vulpibus [ablative, plural], vulpēs [singular, vocative], vulpēs [plural, vocative], volpēs [alternative], vulpis [alternative]
  1. a fox, vixen Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-vulpes-la-noun-t9u82qf1 Categories (other): Foxes Disambiguation of Foxes: 67 24 9
  2. (figuratively) smartness, strategy, quick thinking, adaptability, craftiness, cunning, cleverness, wisdom Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-vulpes-la-noun-ghMKtPW5 Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 10 81 10 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 10 81 10 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 89 6 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 25 49 25 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 10 79 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 89 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 7 85 7
  3. a kind of shark Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-vulpes-la-noun-1TAraLnH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vulpēcula (english: little fox) [feminine], vulpēs marīna, vulpīnor, vulpīnus (english: fox, vulpine) [adjective], vulpiō
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "little fox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "little fox",
      "word": "vulpēcula"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vulpēs marīna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vulpīnor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fox, vulpine",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "fox, vulpine",
      "word": "vulpīnus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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      "word": "vulpi"
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      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "bualp"
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      "lang": "Emilian",
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      "lang": "Galician",
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      "word": "volpe"
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      "lang": "Istro-Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ruo",
      "word": "vulpe"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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      "word": "вулпе"
    },
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    },
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      "lang": "Romansh",
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      ],
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      "word": "gualp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "golp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Vallader"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puter"
      ],
      "word": "vuolp"
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          "lang_code": "mt",
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      "word": "vurpi"
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    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "volp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "bolpe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "bolp"
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    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vulpo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Translingual",
      "lang_code": "mul",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Vulpes"
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      "form": "vulpī",
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      "source": "declension",
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          "name": "Foxes",
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          "strategy",
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        [
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        [
          "thinking",
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        [
          "adaptability",
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        [
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        [
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        [
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwʊɫ.peːs]",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvul.pes]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "english": "little fox",
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    },
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      "word": "vulpēs marīna"
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      "word": "vulpīnor"
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    {
      "english": "fox, vulpine",
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      "translation": "fox, vulpine",
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    {
      "word": "vulpiō"
    }
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      "word": "vulpi"
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      "word": "vulpe"
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "volp"
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      "word": "volpe"
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      "word": "volpi"
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      "word": "bualp"
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      "word": "våulp"
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      "word": "bolp"
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    {
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      "word": "volp"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "golpe"
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    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "volpe"
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    {
      "lang": "Istriot",
      "lang_code": "ist",
      "word": "bulpo"
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      "lang": "Istro-Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ruo",
      "word": "vulpe"
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    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "volpe"
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    {
      "lang": "Ladin",
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      "word": "volp"
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    {
      "lang": "Ladin",
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      "word": "bolp"
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    {
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
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      "word": "vorpe"
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    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "volp"
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    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "vulp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "vulpe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "hulpe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "post-1930s Cyrillic spelling"
      ],
      "roman": "vulpe",
      "word": "вулпе"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "vulp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "tags": [
        "Sursilvan"
      ],
      "word": "uolp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "vualp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "tags": [
        "Sutsilvan"
      ],
      "word": "gualp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "tags": [
        "Surmiran"
      ],
      "word": "golp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Vallader"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puter"
      ],
      "word": "vuolp"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "lang_code": "mt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "from the form gulpi"
          ],
          "word": "gilpa"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "vurpi"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "lang_code": "mt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "from the form gulpi"
          ],
          "word": "gilpa"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "gurpi"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "lang_code": "mt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "from the form gulpi"
          ],
          "word": "gilpa"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "vulpi"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "lang_code": "mt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "from the form gulpi"
          ],
          "word": "gilpa"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "gulpi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "volp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "bolpe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "bolp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vulpo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Translingual",
      "lang_code": "mul",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Vulpes"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":from<text:from earlier>",
        "3": "volpēs<ety:inh<itc-pro:*wolpis>>",
        "text": "++",
        "title": "vulpēs",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p-i-s\nProto-Italic *wolpis\nLatin volpēs\nLatin vulpēs\nFrom earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p-i-s (“marten, cat”).",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "लोपाश",
        "tr": "lopāśá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśá)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "louarn"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton louarn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "lãpė"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian lãpė",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἀλώπηξ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "روباه",
        "tr": "rubâh"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian روباه (rubâh)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p-i-s\nProto-Italic *wolpis\nLatin volpēs\nLatin vulpēs\nFrom earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p-i-s (“marten, cat”). (compare Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśá), Breton louarn, Lithuanian lãpė, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Persian روباه (rubâh)), with an analogous gender change. Possibly a conflation with earlier words for \"wolf\"; see wĺ̥kʷos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vulpēs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "volpēs",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vulpis",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vulpēs<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "vulpēs f (genitive vulpis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vulpēs<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a fox, vixen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fox",
          "fox"
        ],
        [
          "vixen",
          "vixen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "smartness, strategy, quick thinking, adaptability, craftiness, cunning, cleverness, wisdom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "smartness",
          "smartness"
        ],
        [
          "strategy",
          "strategy"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "thinking",
          "thinking"
        ],
        [
          "adaptability",
          "adaptability"
        ],
        [
          "craftiness",
          "craftiness"
        ],
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ],
        [
          "cleverness",
          "cleverness"
        ],
        [
          "wisdom",
          "wisdom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) smartness, strategy, quick thinking, adaptability, craftiness, cunning, cleverness, wisdom"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a kind of shark"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shark",
          "shark"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwʊɫ.peːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvul.pes]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vulpes"
}

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