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leporem

leporem is a Latin form of lepus, meaning “hare”.

It can also be a form of lepor, “charm, grace, wit”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 52 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.12.6: Leporem et gallinam et anserem gustare fas non putant; haec tamen alunt animi voluptatisque causa. Loca sunt temperatiora quam in Gallia, remissioribus frigoribus.

Cicero, Pro L. Flacco 9: … hoc dico de toto genere Graecorum: tribuo illis litteras, do multarum artium disciplinam, non adimo sermonis leporem, ingeniorum acumen, dicendi copiam, denique etiam, si qua sibi alia sumunt, non repugno; testimoniorum religi …

All forms of lepus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.