caespes

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cēspes === Etymology === Uncertain origin; a connection to caedō (“cut”) has been suggested. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkae̯s.pɛs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛs.pes] === Noun === caespes m (genitive caespitis); third declension turf, sod grassy field ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: gespa Italian: cespite, cespo Portuguese: céspede Old Leonese: çespede Asturian: céspede, cépede Sicilian: cìspiti Spanish: césped === References === “caespes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “caespes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “caespes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991), The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 293