nidiformis

Latin

Etymology

nīdus (“a nest”) +‎ -fōrmis (“having the form of”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niː.diˈfoːr.mis/, [niːd̪ɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ni.diˈfor.mis/, [nid̪iˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

nīdifōrmis (neuter nīdifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin, specific epithet) nidiform (nest-shaped) [1828]

Usage notes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	nīdifōrmis	nīdifōrme		nīdifōrmēs	nīdifōrmia
genitive	nīdifōrmis			nīdifōrmium
dative	nīdifōrmī			nīdifōrmibus
accusative	nīdifōrmem	nīdifōrme		nīdifōrmēs nīdifōrmīs	nīdifōrmia
ablative	nīdifōrmī			nīdifōrmibus
vocative	nīdifōrmis	nīdifōrme		nīdifōrmēs	nīdifōrmia

Derived terms

• Translingual: Mantellia nidiformis

Descendants

• English: nidiform
• French: nidiforme
• Italian: nidiforme