nigrifrons

Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from niger (“black”) +‎ frōns (“forehead, front”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɡri.frons/, [ˈnɪɡrɪfrõːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɡri.frons/, [ˈniːɡrifrons]

Adjective

nigrifrōns (genitive nigrifrontis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) having a black front, having a black mark on the forehead

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	nigrifrōns			nigrifrontēs	nigrifrontia
genitive	nigrifrontis			nigrifrontium
dative	nigrifrontī			nigrifrontibus
accusative	nigrifrontem	nigrifrōns		nigrifrontēs	nigrifrontia
ablative	nigrifrontī			nigrifrontibus
vocative	nigrifrōns			nigrifrontēs	nigrifrontia

References

• nigrifrons in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016