flavicans
Latin
Etymology
Formed as if a present active participle of non-existent *flāvicō (“to turn yellow”); the actual verb is flāveō. See also -āns.
Adjective
flāvicāns (genitive flāvicantis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (New Latin) yellowing (becoming yellow)
Usage notes
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | flāvicāns | flāvicantēs | flāvicantia | ||
| Genitive | flāvicantis | flāvicantium | |||
| Dative | flāvicantī | flāvicantibus | |||
| Accusative | flāvicantem | flāvicāns | flāvicantēs | flāvicantia | |
| Ablative | flāvicantī | flāvicantibus | |||
| Vocative | flāvicāns | flāvicantēs | flāvicantia | ||