vepres

== Latin == === Alternative forms === veper vepris === Etymology === Uncertain; proposed derivations include: From a Proto-Indo-European root *werp- (“to bend”) common to Ancient Greek ῥέπω (rhépō, “to incline”). From a root common to Russian чуб (čub, “tuft, lock of hair”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛ.preːs], [ˈwɛp.reːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.pres], [ˈvɛp.res] === Noun === veprēs m or f (genitive vepris); third declension bramble, thornbush briar bush ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== veprēcula === References === “vepres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vepres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “vepres”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.