brevipalpus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from brevis (“short”) + palpus (“feeler”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bre.u̯iˈpal.pus/, [breu̯ɪˈpäɫ̪pʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bre.viˈpal.pus/, [breviˈpälpus]
Adjective edit
brevipalpus (feminine brevipalpa, neuter brevipalpum); 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 | brevipalpus | brevipalpa | brevipalpum | brevipalpī | brevipalpae | brevipalpa | |
| Genitive | brevipalpī | brevipalpae | brevipalpī | brevipalpōrum | brevipalpārum | brevipalpōrum | |
| Dative | brevipalpō | brevipalpō | brevipalpīs | ||||
| Accusative | brevipalpum | brevipalpam | brevipalpum | brevipalpōs | brevipalpās | brevipalpa | |
| Ablative | brevipalpō | brevipalpā | brevipalpō | brevipalpīs | |||
| Vocative | brevipalpe | brevipalpa | brevipalpum | brevipalpī | brevipalpae | brevipalpa | |