rupestris
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From rūpes (“rock, cliff”) + -estris, with the ending after terrestris (compare palūdester and silvester).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ruːˈpes.tris/, [ruːˈpɛs̠t̪rɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ruˈpes.tris/, [ruˈpɛst̪ris]
Adjective
[edit]rūpestris (neuter rūpestre); third-declension two-termination adjective
Usage notes
[edit]- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | rūpestris | rūpestre | rūpestrēs | rūpestria | |
genitive | rūpestris | rūpestrium | |||
dative | rūpestrī | rūpestribus | |||
accusative | rūpestrem | rūpestre | rūpestrēs rūpestrīs |
rūpestria | |
ablative | rūpestrī | rūpestribus | |||
vocative | rūpestris | rūpestre | rūpestrēs | rūpestria |