Etymology

From sonus (“sound”) +‎ pēs (“foot”)Category:Latin compound terms#SONIPES.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔ.nɪ.peːs]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#SONIPESCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#SONIPES
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔː.ni.pes]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#SONIPESCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#SONIPES

Adjective

sonipēs (genitive sonipedis)Category:Latin lemmas#SONIPESCategory:Latin adjectives#SONIPESCategory:Latin third declension adjectives#SONIPESCategory:Latin third declension adjectives of one termination#SONIPESCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#SONIPESCategory:Pages with entries#SONIPESCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SONIPES; third-declension one-termination adjective

1. noisy-footed

Noun

sonipēs m (genitive sonipedis)Category:Latin lemmas#SONIPESCategory:Latin nouns#SONIPESCategory:Latin third declension nouns#SONIPESCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the third declension#SONIPESCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#SONIPESCategory:Latin masculine nouns#SONIPESCategory:Pages with entries#SONIPESCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SONIPES; third declension

1. (poeticCategory:Latin poetic terms#SONIPES) horse, steed, the prancing steed, the horse with ringing hoof
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.134-135:

     [...] ostrōque īnsignis et aurō
     stat sonipēs, ac frēna ferōx spūmantia mandit.

     [...] and splendidly [caparisoned] in purple and gold stands [Dido’s] hoof-stamping [horse], so bold it chomps its foaming bit.
     (The horse — bedecked in regal finery befitting its rider — is high-spirited and eager for the hunt.)

     Category:Latin terms with quotations#SONIPES

References

• “sonipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sonipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sonipes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.