brevifolius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from brevis (“short, small”) + folium (“leaf”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bre.u̯iˈfo.li.us/, [breu̯ɪˈfɔlʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bre.viˈfo.li.us/, [breviˈfɔːlius]
Adjective edit
brevifolius (feminine brevifolia, neuter brevifolium); 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 | brevifolius | brevifolia | brevifolium | brevifoliī | brevifoliae | brevifolia | |
| Genitive | brevifoliī | brevifoliae | brevifoliī | brevifoliōrum | brevifoliārum | brevifoliōrum | |
| Dative | brevifoliō | brevifoliō | brevifoliīs | ||||
| Accusative | brevifolium | brevifoliam | brevifolium | brevifoliōs | brevifoliās | brevifolia | |
| Ablative | brevifoliō | brevifoliā | brevifoliō | brevifoliīs | |||
| Vocative | brevifolie | brevifolia | brevifolium | brevifoliī | brevifoliae | brevifolia | |