cavifrons
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from cavus (“hollow, sunken”) + frōns (“forehead, front”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.u̯i.frons/, [ˈkäu̯ɪfrõːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.vi.frons/, [ˈkäːvifrons]
Adjective edit
cavifrōns (genitive cavifrontis); third-declension one-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 one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cavifrōns | cavifrontēs | cavifrontia | ||
| Genitive | cavifrontis | cavifrontium | |||
| Dative | cavifrontī | cavifrontibus | |||
| Accusative | cavifrontem | cavifrōns | cavifrontēs | cavifrontia | |
| Ablative | cavifrontī | cavifrontibus | |||
| Vocative | cavifrōns | cavifrontēs | cavifrontia | ||