grandiceps
Latin
Etymology
New Latin; from grandis (“large”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡran.di.keps/, [ˈɡrän̪d̪ɪkɛps̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡran.di.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈɡrän̪d̪it͡ʃeps]
Adjective
grandiceps (genitive grandicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (New Latin) large-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 | grandiceps | grandicipitēs | grandicipitia | ||
| Genitive | grandicipitis | grandicipitium | |||
| Dative | grandicipitī | grandicipitibus | |||
| Accusative | grandicipitem | grandiceps | grandicipitēs | grandicipitia | |
| Ablative | grandicipitī | grandicipitibus | |||
| Vocative | grandiceps | grandicipitēs | grandicipitia | ||