physodes

English

Noun

physodes

1. plural of physode

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῡσώδης (phūsṓdēs).

Adjective

phȳsōdēs (neuter phȳsōdes or phȳsōdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

1. (New Latin) bellows-like

Usage notes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	phȳsōdēs	phȳsōdes1 phȳsōdēs		phȳsōdēs	phȳsōdia
Genitive	phȳsōdis			phȳsōdium
Dative	phȳsōdī			phȳsōdibus
Accusative	phȳsōdem	phȳsōdes1 phȳsōdēs		phȳsōdēs	phȳsōdia
Ablative	phȳsōdī			phȳsōdibus
Vocative	phȳsōdes1 phȳsōdēs			phȳsōdēs	phȳsōdia

¹It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Derived terms

• Hypogymnia physodes
• Pimelea physodes
• Rupertia physodes