declivirostris

Latin

Characidium declivirostre.

Etymology

dēclīvis (“sloping downwards”) +‎ rōstrum (“snout”) +‎ -is m or f (adjectival suffix), literally “slope-snouted”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.kliː.u̯iˈroːs.tris/, [d̪eːklʲiːu̯ɪˈroːs̠t̪rɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.kli.viˈros.tris/, [d̪ekliviˈrɔst̪ris]

Adjective

dēclīvirōstris (neuter dēclīvirōstre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin, zoology) Having a snout or nose that slopes.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dēclīvirōstris	dēclīvirōstre		dēclīvirōstrēs	dēclīvirōstria
genitive	dēclīvirōstris			dēclīvirōstrium
dative	dēclīvirōstrī			dēclīvirōstribus
accusative	dēclīvirōstrem	dēclīvirōstre		dēclīvirōstrēs dēclīvirōstrīs	dēclīvirōstria
ablative	dēclīvirōstrī			dēclīvirōstribus
vocative	dēclīvirōstris	dēclīvirōstre		dēclīvirōstrēs	dēclīvirōstria