rupestris
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From rūpes (“rock, cliff”) + -estris, with the ending after terrestris (compare palūdester and silvester).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ruːˈpes.tris/, [ruːˈpɛs̠t̪rɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ruˈpes.tris/, [ruˈpɛst̪ris]
Adjective edit
rūpestris (neuter rūpestre); 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 | rūpestris | rūpestre | rūpestrēs | rūpestria | |
| Genitive | rūpestris | rūpestrium | |||
| Dative | rūpestrī | rūpestribus | |||
| Accusative | rūpestrem | rūpestre | rūpestrēs rūpestrīs |
rūpestria | |
| Ablative | rūpestrī | rūpestribus | |||
| Vocative | rūpestris | rūpestre | rūpestrēs | rūpestria | |