frutescens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of New Latin frutēscō, possibly formed from frutex (“shrub”) and the inchoative verbal suffix -ēscō (“to become”).
Participle
frutēscēns m, f, n (genitive frutēscentis); third declension
- (New Latin) [being] shrublike (used as specific epithet in binomial nomenclature).
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | frutēscēns | frutēscentēs | frutēscentia | ||
Genitive | frutēscentis | frutēscentium | |||
Dative | frutēscentī | frutēscentibus | |||
Accusative | frutēscentem | frutēscēns | frutēscentēs, frutēscentīs | frutēscentia | |
Ablative | frutēscente, frutēscentī1 | frutēscentibus | |||
Vocative | frutēscēns | frutēscentēs | frutēscentia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Derived terms
- frutescent
- Argyranthemum frutescens
- Bulbine frutescens
- Capsicum frutescens
- Leucophyllum frutescens
- Orphium frutescens
- Perilla frutescens
- Sutherlandia frutescens
- Wisteria frutescens