flavicans

Latin

Etymology

Formed as if a present active participle of non-existent *flāvicō (“to turn yellow”); the actual verb is flāveō. See also -āns.

Adjective

flāvicāns (genitive flāvicantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) yellowing (becoming yellow)

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	flāvicāns			flāvicantēs	flāvicantia
Genitive	flāvicantis			flāvicantium
Dative	flāvicantī			flāvicantibus
Accusative	flāvicantem	flāvicāns		flāvicantēs	flāvicantia
Ablative	flāvicantī			flāvicantibus
Vocative	flāvicāns			flāvicantēs	flāvicantia