sesquipes

Latin

Etymology

From sēsqui- (“a half and a”) +‎ pēs (“foot, Roman foot”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseːs.kʷi.peːs/, [ˈs̠eːs̠kʷɪpeːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈses.kwi.pes/, [ˈsɛskwipes]

Noun

sēsquipēs m (genitive sēsquipedis); third declension

1½ feet, particularly Roman feet

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēsquipēs	sēsquipedēs
Genitive	sēsquipedis	sēsquipedum
Dative	sēsquipedī	sēsquipedibus
Accusative	sēsquipedem	sēsquipedēs
Ablative	sēsquipede	sēsquipedibus
Vocative	sēsquipēs	sēsquipedēs

Derived terms

sēsquipedālis
sēsquipedāneus

References

“sesquipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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