adips, adipis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fat, lard, grease; fatty tissue; bombast; corpulence, obesity (pl.);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adips | adipes |
| Gen. | adipis | adipum, adipium |
| Dat. | adipi | adipibus |
| Acc. | adipem | adipes |
| Voc. | adips | adipes |
| Abl. | adipe | adipibus |
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...praeterea nobis veratrum est acre venenum, at capris adipes et cocturnicibus auget. id quibus ut fiat rebus cognoscere..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...uiribus consersanuandis idoneos redeunt, ita sibi quoque tenuandas adipes, et quidquid umoris corrupti contraxerit emittendum si esse sanus..."In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...mihi esse P. Lentuli somnum nec L. Cassi adipes nec C. Cethegi furiosam temeritatem pertimescendam. Ille erat unus..."