nitidicollis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from nitidus (“shining, glossy”) + collum (“neck, stem”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ni.ti.diˈkol.lis/, [nɪt̪ɪd̪ɪˈkɔlːʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ni.ti.diˈkol.lis/, [nit̪id̪iˈkɔlːis]
Adjective edit
nitidicollis (neuter nitidicolle); 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 | nitidicollis | nitidicolle | nitidicollēs | nitidicollia | |
| Genitive | nitidicollis | nitidicollium | |||
| Dative | nitidicollī | nitidicollibus | |||
| Accusative | nitidicollem | nitidicolle | nitidicollēs nitidicollīs |
nitidicollia | |
| Ablative | nitidicollī | nitidicollibus | |||
| Vocative | nitidicollis | nitidicolle | nitidicollēs | nitidicollia | |