caniceps

Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from cānus (“gray”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.ni.keps/, [ˈkäːnɪkɛps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ni.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈkäːnit͡ʃeps]

Adjective

cāniceps (genitive cānicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) gray-headed

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	cāniceps			cānicipitēs	cānicipitia
genitive	cānicipitis			cānicipitium
dative	cānicipitī			cānicipitibus
accusative	cānicipitem	cāniceps		cānicipitēs	cānicipitia
ablative	cānicipitī			cānicipitibus
vocative	cāniceps			cānicipitēs	cānicipitia