lepturus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “short”) + Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + -us.
Adjective[edit]
leptūrus (feminine leptūra, neuter leptūrum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) Having a thin tail.
Usage notes[edit]
- Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | leptūrus | leptūra | leptūrum | leptūrī | leptūrae | leptūra | |
| Genitive | leptūrī | leptūrae | leptūrī | leptūrōrum | leptūrārum | leptūrōrum | |
| Dative | leptūrō | leptūrō | leptūrīs | ||||
| Accusative | leptūrum | leptūram | leptūrum | leptūrōs | leptūrās | leptūra | |
| Ablative | leptūrō | leptūrā | leptūrō | leptūrīs | |||
| Vocative | leptūre | leptūra | leptūrum | leptūrī | leptūrae | leptūra | |