aerogenes
Latin
Etymology
āēr + -genēs, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + γεννάω (gennáō, “to produce”)
Adjective
āerogenēs (neuter āerogenes or āerogenēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
- (New Latin) gas-producing
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 | āerogenēs | āerogenes1 āerogenēs | āerogenēs | āerogenia | |
| Genitive | āerogenis | āerogenium | |||
| Dative | āerogenī | āerogenibus | |||
| Accusative | āerogenem | āerogenes1 āerogenēs | āerogenēs | āerogenia | |
| Ablative | āerogenī | āerogenibus | |||
| Vocative | āerogenes1 āerogenēs | āerogenēs | āerogenia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Descendants
- Enterobacter aerogenes
- Haloplanus aerogenes
- Klebsiella aerogenes
- Pasteurella aerogenes
- Staphylococcus aerogenes
- Streptococcus aerogenes