pyogenes
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pȳo- + -genēs (“producing”), from Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “pus”) + γεννάω (gennáō, “to produce”)
Adjective
[edit]pȳogenēs (neuter pȳogenes or pȳogenēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
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]Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | pȳogenēs | pȳogenes1 pȳogenēs |
pȳogenēs | pȳogenia | |
Genitive | pȳogenis | pȳogenum pȳogenium | |||
Dative | pȳogenī | pȳogenibus | |||
Accusative | pȳogenem | pȳogenes1 pȳogenēs |
pȳogenēs | pȳogenia | |
Ablative | pȳogene pȳogenī |
pȳogenibus | |||
Vocative | pȳogenes1 pȳogenēs |
pȳogenēs | pȳogenia |
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.