impennis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From penna (“feather, fin, wing”) + in- -is.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈpen.nis/, [ɪmˈpɛnːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈpen.nis/, [imˈpɛnːis]
Adjective[edit]
impennis (neuter impenne); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (New Latin) without feathers (of flight)
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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | impennis | impenne | impennēs | impennia | |
| Genitive | impennis | impennium | |||
| Dative | impennī | impennibus | |||
| Accusative | impennem | impenne | impennēs impennīs |
impennia | |
| Ablative | impennī | impennibus | |||
| Vocative | impennis | impenne | impennēs | impennia | |