grandiceps

Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from grandis (“large”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡran.di.keps/, [ˈɡrän̪d̪ɪkɛps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡran.di.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈɡrän̪d̪it͡ʃeps]

Adjective

grandiceps (genitive grandicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) large-headed

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	grandiceps			grandicipitēs	grandicipitia
genitive	grandicipitis			grandicipitium
dative	grandicipitī			grandicipitibus
accusative	grandicipitem	grandiceps		grandicipitēs	grandicipitia
ablative	grandicipitī			grandicipitibus
vocative	grandiceps			grandicipitēs	grandicipitia