sonipes

From sonus (“sound”) + pēs (“foot”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔ.nɪ.peːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔː.ni.pes]

sonipēs (genitive sonipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. noisy-footed

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

sonipēs m (genitive sonipedis); third declension

1. (poetic) 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.)

Third-declension noun.

• “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.