hamiformis

Latin

Etymology

First attested in an index in 1651 and in running text in 1806; formed as hāmus (“hook”) +‎ fōrma (“shape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /haː.miˈfoːr.mis/, [häːmɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.miˈfor.mis/, [ämiˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

hāmifōrmis (neuter hāmifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) hook-shaped, hamiform
   • 1651, Marco Aurelio Severino, Vipera Pythia, “Index Rerum”, I

     Icon dentis hamiformis. 348.

   • 1806, Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle IX, page 267

     Appendix in singulâ valvâ simplex, inter alas eidem carinæ suprà adnata, infrà libera et à carinâ discedens, complanata septi æmula, sed valvâ angustior (undè loculi non omninò distincti), incurvata hamiformis basi bidentata dentibus latere exteriore seminiferis.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	hāmifōrmis	hāmifōrme		hāmifōrmēs	hāmifōrmia
Genitive	hāmifōrmis			hāmifōrmium
Dative	hāmifōrmī			hāmifōrmibus
Accusative	hāmifōrmem	hāmifōrme		hāmifōrmēs hāmifōrmīs	hāmifōrmia
Ablative	hāmifōrmī			hāmifōrmibus
Vocative	hāmifōrmis	hāmifōrme		hāmifōrmēs	hāmifōrmia

Descendants

• English: hamiform