fusciceps
Latin
Etymology
New Latin; from fuscus (“dark”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfus.ki.keps/, [ˈfʊs̠kɪkɛps̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfuʃ.ʃi.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈfuʃːit͡ʃeps]
Adjective
fusciceps (genitive fuscicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (New Latin) dark-headed
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 | fusciceps | fuscicipitēs | fuscicipitia | ||
| Genitive | fuscicipitis | fuscicipitium | |||
| Dative | fuscicipitī | fuscicipitibus | |||
| Accusative | fuscicipitem | fusciceps | fuscicipitēs | fuscicipitia | |
| Ablative | fuscicipitī | fuscicipitibus | |||
| Vocative | fusciceps | fuscicipitēs | fuscicipitia | ||