physodes
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]physodes
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῡσώδης (phūsṓdēs).
Adjective
[edit]phȳsōdēs (neuter phȳsōdes or phȳsōdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
Usage notes
[edit]- Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | phȳsōdēs | phȳsōdes1 phȳsōdēs |
phȳsōdēs | phȳsōda phȳsōdia2 | |
| genitive | phȳsōdis | phȳsōdum phȳsōdium2 | |||
| dative | phȳsōdī | phȳsōdibus | |||
| accusative | phȳsōdem | phȳsōdes1 phȳsōdēs |
phȳsōdēs | phȳsōda phȳsōdia2 | |
| ablative | phȳsōde phȳsōdī2 |
phȳsōdibus | |||
| vocative | phȳsōdes1 phȳsōdēs |
phȳsōdēs | phȳsōda phȳsōdia2 | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
2It is unknown whether adjectives of this type would use i-stem or consonant-stem endings in Classical Latin: the relevant forms are not attested. Depending on the word, either ending or both may be attested in New Latin.