syndactylus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek συν- (sun-, “together”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).
Adjective
syndactylus (feminine syndactyla, neuter syndactylum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) with fused fingers: a specific epithet of several taxonomic species names
Usage notes
- Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | syndactylus | syndactyla | syndactylum | syndactylī | syndactylae | syndactyla | |
| Genitive | syndactylī | syndactylae | syndactylī | syndactylōrum | syndactylārum | syndactylōrum | |
| Dative | syndactylō | syndactylō | syndactylīs | ||||
| Accusative | syndactylum | syndactylam | syndactylum | syndactylōs | syndactylās | syndactyla | |
| Ablative | syndactylō | syndactylā | syndactylō | syndactylīs | |||
| Vocative | syndactyle | syndactyla | syndactylum | syndactylī | syndactylae | syndactyla | |
Derived terms
- Hylobates syndactylus
- Symphalangus syndactylus