cancriformis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin; from cancer (“crab”) + forma (“form, shape”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kan.kriˈfoːr.mis/, [käŋkrɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kan.kriˈfor.mis/, [käŋkriˈfɔrmis]
Adjective
[edit]cancrifōrmis (neuter cancrifōrme); 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 | cancrifōrmis | cancrifōrme | cancrifōrmēs | cancrifōrmia | |
| Genitive | cancrifōrmis | cancrifōrmium | |||
| Dative | cancrifōrmī | cancrifōrmibus | |||
| Accusative | cancrifōrmem | cancrifōrme | cancrifōrmēs cancrifōrmīs |
cancrifōrmia | |
| Ablative | cancrifōrmī | cancrifōrmibus | |||
| Vocative | cancrifōrmis | cancrifōrme | cancrifōrmēs | cancrifōrmia | |