flavicans

Latin

Etymology

Formed as if a present active participle of non-existent *flāvicō (“to turn yellow”); the actual verb is flāveō. See also -āns.

Adjective

flāvicāns (genitive flāvicantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) yellowing (becoming yellow)

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	flāvicāns			flāvicantēs	flāvicantia
genitive	flāvicantis			flāvicantium
dative	flāvicantī			flāvicantibus
accusative	flāvicantem	flāvicāns		flāvicantēs	flāvicantia
ablative	flāvicantī			flāvicantibus
vocative	flāvicāns			flāvicantēs	flāvicantia