declivirostris

Latin

Characidium declivirostre.

Etymology

From dēclīvis (“sloping downwards”) + rōstrum (“beak; snout”) + -is (adjective-forming suffix), literally “slope-snouted”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.kliː.wɪˈroːs.trɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [de.kli.viˈrɔs.tris]

Adjective

dēclīvirōstris (neuter dēclīvirōstre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin, zoology) Having a snout or nose that slopes.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dēclīvirōstris	dēclīvirōstre		dēclīvirōstrēs	dēclīvirōstria
genitive	dēclīvirōstris			dēclīvirōstrium
dative	dēclīvirōstrī			dēclīvirōstribus
accusative	dēclīvirōstrem	dēclīvirōstre		dēclīvirōstrīs dēclīvirōstrēs	dēclīvirōstria
ablative	dēclīvirōstrī			dēclīvirōstribus
vocative	dēclīvirōstris	dēclīvirōstre		dēclīvirōstrēs	dēclīvirōstria