Masculine

adeps

Meaning

  1. (declension-3, masculine) fat, lard, grease
  2. (declension-3, masculine) corpulence, obesity
  3. (declension-3, masculine) sapwood

Synonyms

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈa.dɛps]
Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Italic *adlepa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leybʰ-. Related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes).

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