polyacanthus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from Ancient Greek [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /po.ly.aˈkan.tʰus/, [pɔlʲyäˈkän̪t̪ʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.li.aˈkan.tus/, [poliäˈkän̪t̪us]
Adjective edit
polyacanthus (feminine polyacantha, neuter polyacanthum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) having many spines or thorns; polyacanthous
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 | polyacanthus | polyacantha | polyacanthum | polyacanthī | polyacanthae | polyacantha | |
| Genitive | polyacanthī | polyacanthae | polyacanthī | polyacanthōrum | polyacanthārum | polyacanthōrum | |
| Dative | polyacanthō | polyacanthō | polyacanthīs | ||||
| Accusative | polyacanthum | polyacantham | polyacanthum | polyacanthōs | polyacanthās | polyacantha | |
| Ablative | polyacanthō | polyacanthā | polyacanthō | polyacanthīs | |||
| Vocative | polyacanthe | polyacantha | polyacanthum | polyacanthī | polyacanthae | polyacantha | |