punctifrons
Latin edit
Etymology edit
New Latin; from punctus (“marked with points”) + frōns (“forehead, front”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuːnk.ti.frons/, [ˈpuːŋkt̪ɪfrõːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpunk.ti.frons/, [ˈpuŋkt̪ifrons]
Adjective edit
pūnctifrōns (genitive pūnctifrontis); third-declension one-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 one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pūnctifrōns | pūnctifrontēs | pūnctifrontia | ||
| Genitive | pūnctifrontis | pūnctifrontium | |||
| Dative | pūnctifrontī | pūnctifrontibus | |||
| Accusative | pūnctifrontem | pūnctifrōns | pūnctifrontēs | pūnctifrontia | |
| Ablative | pūnctifrontī | pūnctifrontibus | |||
| Vocative | pūnctifrōns | pūnctifrontēs | pūnctifrontia | ||