dictyophlebus

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek δίκτυον n (díktuon, “fishing net”) +‎ Ancient Greek φλέψ f (phléps, “vein”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dik.tyˈo.pʰle.bus/, [d̪ɪkt̪yˈɔpʰɫ̪ɛbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dik.t͡siˈo.fle.bus/, [d̪ikt̪͡s̪iˈɔːflebus]

Adjective

dictyophlebus (feminine dictyophleba, neuter dictyophlebum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin, botany) net-veined

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	dictyophlebus	dictyophleba	dictyophlebum		dictyophlebī	dictyophlebae	dictyophleba
genitive	dictyophlebī	dictyophlebae	dictyophlebī		dictyophlebōrum	dictyophlebārum	dictyophlebōrum
dative	dictyophlebō	dictyophlebae	dictyophlebō		dictyophlebīs
accusative	dictyophlebum	dictyophlebam	dictyophlebum		dictyophlebōs	dictyophlebās	dictyophleba
ablative	dictyophlebō	dictyophlebā	dictyophlebō		dictyophlebīs
vocative	dictyophlebe	dictyophleba	dictyophlebum		dictyophlebī	dictyophlebae	dictyophleba

Descendants

• Translingual: Amylotheca dictyophleba, Racosperma dictyophlebum, Acacia dictyophleba, → Dictyophleba, Nymphaea dictyophleba