praesaepe

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From praesaepiō (“barricade, fence in”).

Pronunciation

Noun

praesaepe n (genitive praesaepis); third declension

  1. enclosure, pen, fold
  2. (by extension) hut, dwelling
  3. a crib
    • 348 CE – c. 413 CE, Prudentius, Dittochaeon 111-112:
      Inveniunt tectum pannīs, praesaepe jacentī
      Cūna erat, […]
      They [the shepherds] find Him [baby Jesus] wrapped in rags; the crib was a cradle to Him as He lay in it, […]
  4. (astronomy) space between the two stars called Aselli in the constellation of Cancer.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative praesaepe praesaepia
Genitive praesaepis praesaepium
Dative praesaepī praesaepibus
Accusative praesaepe praesaepia
Ablative praesaepī praesaepibus
Vocative praesaepe praesaepia

Descendants
  • Galician: presebe
  • Italian: presepe
  • Portuguese: pesebre, presepe
  • Sicilian: prisepi
  • Spanish: pesebre

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