filiformis

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fiː.liˈfoːr.mis/, [fiːlʲɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.liˈfor.mis/, [filiˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

fīlifōrmis (neuter fīlifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) threadlike

Usage notes

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

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	fīlifōrmis	fīlifōrme		fīlifōrmēs	fīlifōrmia
genitive	fīlifōrmis			fīlifōrmium
dative	fīlifōrmī			fīlifōrmibus
accusative	fīlifōrmem	fīlifōrme		fīlifōrmēs fīlifōrmīs	fīlifōrmia
ablative	fīlifōrmī			fīlifōrmibus
vocative	fīlifōrmis	fīlifōrme		fīlifōrmēs	fīlifōrmia

Related terms

• fīlum

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Gomphocarpus filiformis var. buchenavianus