brachycephalus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Ancient Greek βραχυκέφαλος (brakhuképhalos) from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bra.kʰyˈke.pʰa.lus/, [bräkʰʏˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bra.kiˈt͡ʃe.fa.lus/, [bräkiˈt͡ʃɛːfälus]
Adjective[edit]
brachycephalus (feminine brachycephala, neuter brachycephalum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)
Usage notes[edit]
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | brachycephalus | brachycephala | brachycephalum | brachycephalī | brachycephalae | brachycephala | |
| Genitive | brachycephalī | brachycephalae | brachycephalī | brachycephalōrum | brachycephalārum | brachycephalōrum | |
| Dative | brachycephalō | brachycephalō | brachycephalīs | ||||
| Accusative | brachycephalum | brachycephalam | brachycephalum | brachycephalōs | brachycephalās | brachycephala | |
| Ablative | brachycephalō | brachycephalā | brachycephalō | brachycephalīs | |||
| Vocative | brachycephale | brachycephala | brachycephalum | brachycephalī | brachycephalae | brachycephala | |
Descendants[edit]
- English: brachycephalic, brachycephalous