cauliflorus

Latin

Pavonia cauliflora

Etymology

New Latin; from caulis (“stem”) +‎ flōs (“flower”), changed to first and second declension.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kau̯.liˈfloː.rus/, [käu̯lʲɪˈfɫ̪oːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kau̯.liˈflo.rus/, [käu̯liˈflɔːrus]

Adjective

cauliflōrus (feminine cauliflōra, neuter cauliflōrum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) having its flower attached to the stem

Usage notes

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cauliflōrus	cauliflōra	cauliflōrum		cauliflōrī	cauliflōrae	cauliflōra
genitive	cauliflōrī	cauliflōrae	cauliflōrī		cauliflōrōrum	cauliflōrārum	cauliflōrōrum
dative	cauliflōrō	cauliflōrae	cauliflōrō		cauliflōrīs
accusative	cauliflōrum	cauliflōram	cauliflōrum		cauliflōrōs	cauliflōrās	cauliflōra
ablative	cauliflōrō	cauliflōrā	cauliflōrō		cauliflōrīs
vocative	cauliflōre	cauliflōra	cauliflōrum		cauliflōrī	cauliflōrae	cauliflōra