heptaphyllus
Translingual edit
Adjective edit
heptaphyllus m (feminine heptaphylla, neuter heptaphyllum)
- seven-leaved; used as a specific epithet
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑπτάφυλλος (heptáphullos, “seven-leaved”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hep.taˈpʰyl.lus/, [hɛpt̪äˈpʰʏlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ep.taˈfil.lus/, [ept̪äˈfilːus]
Adjective edit
heptaphyllus (feminine heptaphylla, neuter heptaphyllum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) seven-leaved
- 1802, Thomas Marsham, Entomologia britannica, sistens insecta Britanniæ indigena, secundum methodum Linnæanam disposita. Tomus I. Coleoptera, page 36:
- Descr. Antennæ brunneæ, clavâ maris longissimâ, heptaphyllâ feminæ verò minori, ovatâ.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1836, G. A. Walker-Arnott, Pugillus plantarum Indiae orientalis, in: Nova acta physico-medica academiae caesareae leopoldino-carolinae naturae curiosorum. Tomi duodevicesimi pars prior (Verhandlungen der kaiserlichen leopoldinisch-carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher. Zehnter Band), p. 356 b.:
- Fatendum tamen, levioris omnino habenda esse argumenta a nominibus vulgatis plantarum derivanda, ipsumque Linnaeum Radalya nomen ad Sophoram heptaphyllam retulisse.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | heptaphyllus | heptaphylla | heptaphyllum | heptaphyllī | heptaphyllae | heptaphylla | |
| Genitive | heptaphyllī | heptaphyllae | heptaphyllī | heptaphyllōrum | heptaphyllārum | heptaphyllōrum | |
| Dative | heptaphyllō | heptaphyllō | heptaphyllīs | ||||
| Accusative | heptaphyllum | heptaphyllam | heptaphyllum | heptaphyllōs | heptaphyllās | heptaphylla | |
| Ablative | heptaphyllō | heptaphyllā | heptaphyllō | heptaphyllīs | |||
| Vocative | heptaphylle | heptaphylla | heptaphyllum | heptaphyllī | heptaphyllae | heptaphylla | |