-ceps

See also: ceps and CEPs

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keps/, [kɛps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeps/, [t͡ʃɛps]

Etymology 1

From Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic *-kaputis, from the same root as caput, with *-kaputis > *-kapts. The suffix vowel was most likely lost by analogy to -ceps (“-catcher”).^[1]

Alternative forms

• -cipes (rare in Classical Latin)

Suffix

-ceps (genitive -cipitis); third-declension one-termination suffix

2. -headed
3. -fold

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	-ceps			-cipitēs	-cipitia
genitive	-cipitis			-cipitium
dative	-cipitī			-cipitibus
accusative	-cipitem	-ceps		-cipitēs	-cipitia
ablative	-cipitī			-cipitibus
vocative	-ceps			-cipitēs	-cipitia

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (headed)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *-kaps, equivalent to capiō +‎ -s.

Suffix

-ceps m (genitive -cipis); third declension

2. -catcher
3. -taker

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-ceps	-cipēs
genitive	-cipis	-cipum
dative	-cipī	-cipibus
accusative	-cipem	-cipēs
ablative	-cipe	-cipibus
vocative	-ceps	-cipēs

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (catcher)

References

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caput, -itis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91