vitticollis
Latin
Etymology
New Latin; from vitta (“band, stripe”) + collum (“neck, stem”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯it.tiˈkol.lis/, [u̯ɪt̪ːɪˈkɔlːʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vit.tiˈkol.lis/, [vit̪ːiˈkɔlːis]
Adjective
vitticollis (neuter vitticolle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (New Latin) having a banded or striped neck or stem
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 | vitticollis | vitticolle | vitticollēs | vitticollia | |
| Genitive | vitticollis | vitticollium | |||
| Dative | vitticollī | vitticollibus | |||
| Accusative | vitticollem | vitticolle | vitticollēs vitticollīs | vitticollia | |
| Ablative | vitticollī | vitticollibus | |||
| Vocative | vitticollis | vitticolle | vitticollēs | vitticollia | |