physodes
English
Noun
physodes
- plural of physode
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῡσώδης (phūsṓdēs).
Adjective
phȳsōdēs (neuter phȳsōdes or phȳsōdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
- (New Latin) bellows-like
Usage notes
- Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | phȳsōdēs | phȳsōdes1 phȳsōdēs | phȳsōdēs | phȳsōdia | |
| Genitive | phȳsōdis | phȳsōdium | |||
| Dative | phȳsōdī | phȳsōdibus | |||
| Accusative | phȳsōdem | phȳsōdes1 phȳsōdēs | phȳsōdēs | phȳsōdia | |
| Ablative | phȳsōdī | phȳsōdibus | |||
| Vocative | phȳsōdes1 phȳsōdēs | phȳsōdēs | phȳsōdia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Derived terms
- Hypogymnia physodes
- Pimelea physodes
- Rupertia physodes