platyrhynchus

Latin

Alternative forms

• platyrhynchos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide, flat”) and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout, beak”).

Noun

platyrhynchus m (genitive platyrhynchī); second declension
platyrhynchus (feminine platyrhyncha, neuter platyrhynchum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) a specific epithet for a flat-nosed organism

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	platyrhynchus	platyrhynchī
Genitive	platyrhynchī	platyrhynchōrum
Dative	platyrhynchō	platyrhynchīs
Accusative	platyrhynchum	platyrhynchōs
Ablative	platyrhynchō	platyrhynchīs
Vocative	platyrhynche	platyrhynchī

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	platyrhynchus	platyrhyncha	platyrhynchum		platyrhynchī	platyrhynchae	platyrhyncha
Genitive	platyrhynchī	platyrhynchae	platyrhynchī		platyrhynchōrum	platyrhynchārum	platyrhynchōrum
Dative	platyrhynchō		platyrhynchō		platyrhynchīs
Accusative	platyrhynchum	platyrhyncham	platyrhynchum		platyrhynchōs	platyrhynchās	platyrhyncha
Ablative	platyrhynchō	platyrhynchā	platyrhynchō		platyrhynchīs
Vocative	platyrhynche	platyrhyncha	platyrhynchum		platyrhynchī	platyrhynchae	platyrhyncha

Usage notes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.
• Occurs both as a noun and as an adjective that agrees with the gender of the genus.