vulpes
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a fox, vixen
- (figuratively) smartness, strategy, quick thinking, adaptability, craftiness, cunning, cleverness, wisdom
- a kind of shark
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *wolpis derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- (fox, jackal).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂wl(o)p-
Gloss
fox, jackal
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
狐
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alopecoid English
- vulpem, vulpēs, vulpes Latin
- vulpēcula Latin
- vulpēs Latin
- χηναλώπηξ Ancient Greek
- ἀλωπέκουρος Ancient Greek
- ἀλώπηξ Ancient Greek
- *h₂wl(o)p Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wl(o)p- Proto-Indo-European
- लोपाक Sanskrit
- लोपाश Sanskrit
- *lišьka Proto-Slavic
- liška Czech
- lišák Czech
- liščí Czech
- روباه Persian
- αλώπηξ Greek (modern)
- ἀλώπηξ Greek (modern)
- rubah Malay
- *loɸernos Proto-Celtic
- *HlawpaHćás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *laupāća Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wolpi Proto-Italic
- *wolpis Proto-Italic
- *HlawpaHśás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- lwpʾh Middle Persian
- louarn Breton
- ἀλωπώ gkm
- ʻalopeka Hawaiian
- ʻalopeke Hawaiian
- *llowern Proto-Brythonic
- *alōpēḱos Proto-Hellenic
- ḷawák Kalasha