flavipennis
Latin
Alternative forms
- flāvipinnis
Etymology
New Latin; from flāvus (“yellow”) + frōns (“feather, fin, wing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /flaː.u̯iˈpen.nis/, [fɫ̪äːu̯ɪˈpɛnːɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fla.viˈpen.nis/, [fläviˈpɛnːis]
Adjective
flāvipennis (neuter flāvipenne); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (New Latin) having a yellow wing or fin, or yellow feathers
Usage notes
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | flāvipennis | flāvipenne | flāvipennēs | flāvipennia | |
| Genitive | flāvipennis | flāvipennium | |||
| Dative | flāvipennī | flāvipennibus | |||
| Accusative | flāvipennem | flāvipenne | flāvipennēs flāvipennīs | flāvipennia | |
| Ablative | flāvipennī | flāvipennibus | |||
| Vocative | flāvipennis | flāvipenne | flāvipennēs | flāvipennia | |