curvirostris
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from curvus (“bent”) + -i- + rōstrum (“beak”) + -is.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kur.u̯iˈroːs.tris/, [kʊru̯ɪˈroːs̠t̪rɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kur.viˈros.tris/, [kurviˈrɔst̪ris]
Adjective edit
curvirōstris (neuter curvirōstre); 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 | curvirōstris | curvirōstre | curvirōstrēs | curvirōstria | |
| Genitive | curvirōstris | curvirōstrium | |||
| Dative | curvirōstrī | curvirōstribus | |||
| Accusative | curvirōstrem | curvirōstre | curvirōstrēs curvirōstrīs |
curvirōstria | |
| Ablative | curvirōstrī | curvirōstribus | |||
| Vocative | curvirōstris | curvirōstre | curvirōstrēs | curvirōstria | |