lepus

== Latin == === Etymology === Unknown. Perhaps not an Indo-European word. It may be of Iberian origin, or else of Celtiberian substrate origin and related to Massaliot λεβηρίς (lebērís, “European rabbit”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫɛ.pʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.pus] === Noun === lepus m (genitive leporis); third declension a hare Sextus videt leporem. ― Sextus sees the hare. a poisonous sea fish colored like the hare (astronomy) the constellation Lepus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (hare): cunīculus, dasypūs ==== Derived terms ==== leporārius leporīnus lepusculus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “lepus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “lepus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "lepus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “lepus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Lithuanian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Adjective === lepùs m (feminine lepi̇̀) stress pattern 4 fastidious, spoilt Jis lepus ir visada galvoja tik apie save He is so fastidious and always thinking only about himself.