brachypterus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /braˈkʰyp.te.rus/, [bräˈkʰʏpt̪ɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /braˈkip.te.rus/, [bräˈkipt̪erus]
Adjective edit
brachypterus (feminine brachyptera, neuter brachypterum); 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 | brachypterus | brachyptera | brachypterum | brachypterī | brachypterae | brachyptera | |
| Genitive | brachypterī | brachypterae | brachypterī | brachypterōrum | brachypterārum | brachypterōrum | |
| Dative | brachypterō | brachypterō | brachypterīs | ||||
| Accusative | brachypterum | brachypteram | brachypterum | brachypterōs | brachypterās | brachyptera | |
| Ablative | brachypterō | brachypterā | brachypterō | brachypterīs | |||
| Vocative | brachyptere | brachyptera | brachypterum | brachypterī | brachypterae | brachyptera | |