globiceps

Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from globus (“ball, sphere”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlo.bi.keps/, [ˈɡɫ̪ɔbɪkɛps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlo.bi.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈɡlɔːbit͡ʃeps]

Adjective

globiceps (genitive globicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) having a spherical head

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	globiceps			globicipitēs	globicipitia
genitive	globicipitis			globicipitium
dative	globicipitī			globicipitibus
accusative	globicipitem	globiceps		globicipitēs	globicipitia
ablative	globicipitī			globicipitibus
vocative	globiceps			globicipitēs	globicipitia