lippus

French

Adjective

lippus

  1. masculine plural of lippu

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lipnos, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, stick”). Cognate to Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”).

Adjective

lippus (feminine lippa, neuter lippum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. having bleary, watery, rheumy or inflamed eyes
  2. half-sighted, mope-eyed, purblind, myopic
  3. blind to one's own faults

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lippus lippa lippum lippī lippae lippa
Genitive lippī lippae lippī lippōrum lippārum lippōrum
Dative lippō lippō lippīs
Accusative lippum lippam lippum lippōs lippās lippa
Ablative lippō lippā lippō lippīs
Vocative lippe lippa lippum lippī lippae lippa

References
  • “lippus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lippus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lippus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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