melanothorax

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from scholarly Greek μελανοθώραξ (melanothṓrax), from μέλᾱς (mélās, “black”) + θώρᾱξ (thṓrāx, “corselet”).

Adjective

melanothōrāx (genitive melanothōrācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) having a black thorax

Usage notes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	melanothōrāx			melanothōrācēs	melanothōrācia
genitive	melanothōrācis			melanothōrācium
dative	melanothōrācī			melanothōrācibus
accusative	melanothōrācem	melanothōrāx		melanothōrācīs melanothōrācēs	melanothōrācia
ablative	melanothōrācī melanothōrāce	melanothōrācī		melanothōrācibus
vocative	melanothōrāx			melanothōrācēs	melanothōrācia

Synonyms

• nigrithōrāx