versipellisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• vorsipellis

語源

From vertō (“turn”) +‎ pellis (“skin, hide”).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /u̯er.siˈpel.lis/, [u̯ɛrs̠ɪˈpɛlːʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ver.siˈpel.lis/, [versiˈpɛlːis]

形容詞

versipellis (neuter versipelle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. shape-shifting, capable of transforming itself or altering its appearance
2. (figuratively) sly, cunning, crafty

語形変化

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

派生した語

• → Italian: versipelle (learned)

名詞

versipellis m (genitive versipellis); third declension

1. (fantasy, mythology) a werewolf, lycanthrope

語形変化

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

派生した語

• → Italian: versipelle (learned)

参照

• “versipellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• versipellis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “versipellis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers