depugis

Latin

Alternative forms

• dēpȳgis

Etymology

From dē- (“lacking”) +‎ pūga (“buttock”) +‎ -is (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈpuː.ɡis/, [d̪eːˈpuːɡɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈpu.d͡ʒis/, [d̪eˈpuːd͡ʒis]

Adjective

dēpūgis (neuter dēpūge); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. thin-buttocked
   • 65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horace, Saturae 1.2.93:

     dēpūgis, nāsūta, brevī latere ac pede longō est

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	dēpūgis	dēpūge		dēpūgēs	dēpūgia
Genitive	dēpūgis			dēpūgium
Dative	dēpūgī			dēpūgibus
Accusative	dēpūgem	dēpūge		dēpūgēs dēpūgīs	dēpūgia
Ablative	dēpūgī			dēpūgibus
Vocative	dēpūgis	dēpūge		dēpūgēs	dēpūgia

References

• depugis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “depugis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press