[ˈɫɛ.pʊs], [ˈlɛː.pus]
OriginUnknown. 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”).
- declension-3, masculinea hare
“Sextus videt leporem.” — Sextus sees the hare.
“et lepus inpavidus mediīs errāvit in arvīs” — and hares wandered, unafraid, among the fields
- declension-3, masculinea poisonous sea fish colored like the hare
“Nōn sunt minus mīra quae dē lepore marīnō trāduntur.” — No less wonderful, too, are the particulars which we find stated relative to the sea-hare.
- declension-3, masculinethe constellation Lepus
“Leporis autem hanc historiam memoriae prōdidērunt.” — The following story of the Hare has been recorded.
Formsleporis(genitive) · lepus(nominative, singular) · leporēs(nominative, plural) · leporis(genitive, singular) · leporum(genitive, plural) · leporī(dative, singular) · leporibus(dative, plural) · leporem(accusative, singular) · leporēs(accusative, plural) · lepore(ablative, singular) · leporibus(ablative, plural) · lepus(singular, vocative) · leporēs(plural, vocative)