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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

adeps.

fat, lard, grease; fatty tissue; bombast; corpulence, obesity (pl.); sapwood;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈa.dɛps]Classical-Latin[ˈaː.deps]
  1. fat, lard, grease

    declension-3 · masculine
  2. corpulence, obesity

    declension-3 · masculine
  3. sapwood

    declension-3 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Possibly cognate with or borrowed from Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes), perhaps derived from Proto-Italic *ad-leipā, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-, but this is disputed. Alternatively the Italic words are borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar) or a related Greek word.

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