dichrous
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from Ancient Greek [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diˈkʰroː.us/, [d̪ɪˈkʰroːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈkro.us/, [d̪iˈkrɔːus]
Adjective edit
dichrōus (feminine dichrōa, neuter dichrōum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) having two colours; bicolour
- (biology) occurring or existing in two different ornamentations or colours, typically as a form of sexual dimorphism; dichromatic
Usage notes edit
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dichrōus | dichrōa | dichrōum | dichrōī | dichrōae | dichrōa | |
| Genitive | dichrōī | dichrōae | dichrōī | dichrōōrum | dichrōārum | dichrōōrum | |
| Dative | dichrōō | dichrōō | dichrōīs | ||||
| Accusative | dichrōum | dichrōam | dichrōum | dichrōōs | dichrōās | dichrōa | |
| Ablative | dichrōō | dichrōā | dichrōō | dichrōīs | |||
| Vocative | dichrōe | dichrōa | dichrōum | dichrōī | dichrōae | dichrōa | |