brevirostris
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from brevis (“short”) + rostrum (“beak”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bre.u̯iˈroːs.tris/, [breu̯ɪˈroːs̠t̪rɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bre.viˈros.tris/, [breviˈrɔst̪ris]
Adjective edit
brevirōstris (neuter brevirōstre); 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 | brevirōstris | brevirōstre | brevirōstrēs | brevirōstria | |
| Genitive | brevirōstris | brevirōstrium | |||
| Dative | brevirōstrī | brevirōstribus | |||
| Accusative | brevirōstrem | brevirōstre | brevirōstrēs brevirōstrīs |
brevirōstria | |
| Ablative | brevirōstrī | brevirōstribus | |||
| Vocative | brevirōstris | brevirōstre | brevirōstrēs | brevirōstria | |