brevicollis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin; from brevis (“small, short”) + collum (“neck, throat, stem”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bre.u̯iˈkol.lis/, [breu̯ɪˈkɔlːʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bre.viˈkol.lis/, [breviˈkɔlːis]
Adjective
[edit]brevicollis (neuter brevicolle); third-declension two-termination adjective
Usage notes
[edit]- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | brevicollis | brevicolle | brevicollēs | brevicollia | |
| Genitive | brevicollis | brevicollium | |||
| Dative | brevicollī | brevicollibus | |||
| Accusative | brevicollem | brevicolle | brevicollēs brevicollīs |
brevicollia | |
| Ablative | brevicollī | brevicollibus | |||
| Vocative | brevicollis | brevicolle | brevicollēs | brevicollia | |