ruficollis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from rūfus (“red”) + collum (“stem, neck”) + -is.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ruː.fiˈkol.lis/, [ruːfɪˈkɔlːʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ru.fiˈkol.lis/, [rufiˈkɔlːis]
Adjective edit
rūficollis (neuter rūficolle); third-declension two-termination 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
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | rūficollis | rūficolle | rūficollēs | rūficollia | |
| Genitive | rūficollis | rūficollium | |||
| Dative | rūficollī | rūficollibus | |||
| Accusative | rūficollem | rūficolle | rūficollēs rūficollīs |
rūficollia | |
| Ablative | rūficollī | rūficollibus | |||
| Vocative | rūficollis | rūficolle | rūficollēs | rūficollia | |