epipterygius

epipterygius

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “upon, on”) + πτερυγιον (pterugion, “something resembling a wing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.pip.teˈry.ɡi.us/, [ɛpɪpt̪ɛˈrʏɡiʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.pip.teˈri.d͡ʒi.us/, [epipt̪eˈriːd͡ʒius]

Adjective

epipterygius (feminine epipterygia, neuter epipterygium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin, botany) On a small wing.

Usage notes

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	epipterygius	epipterygia	epipterygium		epipterygiī	epipterygiae	epipterygia
Genitive	epipterygiī	epipterygiae	epipterygiī		epipterygiōrum	epipterygiārum	epipterygiōrum
Dative	epipterygiō		epipterygiō		epipterygiīs
Accusative	epipterygium	epipterygiam	epipterygium		epipterygiōs	epipterygiās	epipterygia
Ablative	epipterygiō	epipterygiā	epipterygiō		epipterygiīs
Vocative	epipterygie	epipterygia	epipterygium		epipterygiī	epipterygiae	epipterygia