nigricostus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from niger (“black”) + costa (“rib”), changed to the first and second declension.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ni.ɡriˈkos.tus/, [nɪɡrɪˈkɔs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ni.ɡriˈkos.tus/, [niɡriˈkɔst̪us]
Adjective edit
nigricostus (feminine nigricosta, neuter nigricostum); first/second-declension adjective
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 | nigricostus | nigricosta | nigricostum | nigricostī | nigricostae | nigricosta | |
| Genitive | nigricostī | nigricostae | nigricostī | nigricostōrum | nigricostārum | nigricostōrum | |
| Dative | nigricostō | nigricostō | nigricostīs | ||||
| Accusative | nigricostum | nigricostam | nigricostum | nigricostōs | nigricostās | nigricosta | |
| Ablative | nigricostō | nigricostā | nigricostō | nigricostīs | |||
| Vocative | nigricoste | nigricosta | nigricostum | nigricostī | nigricostae | nigricosta | |