ruficeps
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From rūfus (“red”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈruː.fi.keps/, [ˈruːfɪkɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈru.fi.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈruːfit͡ʃeps]
Adjective edit
rūficeps (genitive rūficipitis); 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 | rūficeps | rūficipitēs | rūficipitia | ||
| Genitive | rūficipitis | rūficipitium | |||
| Dative | rūficipitī | rūficipitibus | |||
| Accusative | rūficipitem | rūficeps | rūficipitēs | rūficipitia | |
| Ablative | rūficipitī | rūficipitibus | |||
| Vocative | rūficeps | rūficipitēs | rūficipitia | ||