apiformis
Latin
Etymology
New Latin; from apis (“bee”) + -i- + fōrma (“form, shape”) + -is.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.piˈfoːr.mis/, [äpɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.piˈfor.mis/, [äpiˈfɔrmis]
Adjective
apifōrmis (neuter apifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (New Latin) having the form of a bee
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 | apifōrmis | apifōrme | apifōrmēs | apifōrmia | |
| Genitive | apifōrmis | apifōrmium | |||
| Dative | apifōrmī | apifōrmibus | |||
| Accusative | apifōrmem | apifōrme | apifōrmēs apifōrmīs | apifōrmia | |
| Ablative | apifōrmī | apifōrmibus | |||
| Vocative | apifōrmis | apifōrme | apifōrmēs | apifōrmia | |