nigripalpus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from niger (“black”) + palpus (“palm, feeler”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ni.ɡriˈpal.pus/, [nɪɡrɪˈpäɫ̪pʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ni.ɡriˈpal.pus/, [niɡriˈpälpus]
Adjective edit
nigripalpus (feminine nigripalpa, neuter nigripalpum); first/second-declension 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
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nigripalpus | nigripalpa | nigripalpum | nigripalpī | nigripalpae | nigripalpa | |
| Genitive | nigripalpī | nigripalpae | nigripalpī | nigripalpōrum | nigripalpārum | nigripalpōrum | |
| Dative | nigripalpō | nigripalpō | nigripalpīs | ||||
| Accusative | nigripalpum | nigripalpam | nigripalpum | nigripalpōs | nigripalpās | nigripalpa | |
| Ablative | nigripalpō | nigripalpā | nigripalpō | nigripalpīs | |||
| Vocative | nigripalpe | nigripalpa | nigripalpum | nigripalpī | nigripalpae | nigripalpa | |