aerogenes

Latin

Etymology

āēr + -genēs, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + γεννάω (gennáō, “to produce”)

Adjective

āerogenēs (neuter āerogenes or āerogenēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

1. (New Latin) gas-producing

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).

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	āerogenēs	āerogenes1 āerogenēs		āerogenēs	āerogena āerogenia2
genitive	āerogenis			āerogenum āerogenium2
dative	āerogenī			āerogenibus
accusative	āerogenem	āerogenes1 āerogenēs		āerogenēs	āerogena āerogenia2
ablative	āerogene āerogenī2			āerogenibus
vocative	āerogenes1 āerogenēs			āerogenēs	āerogena āerogenia2

¹It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
²It is unknown whether adjectives of this type would use i-stem or consonant-stem endings in Classical Latin: the relevant forms are not attested. Depending on the word, either ending or both may be attested in New Latin.

Descendants

• Enterobacter aerogenes
• Haloplanus aerogenes
• Klebsiella aerogenes
• Pasteurella aerogenes
• Staphylococcus aerogenes
• Streptococcus aerogenes