griseochromogenes

Latin

Etymology

From grīseus (“gray”) +‎ -o- +‎ chrōma (“color”) +‎ -genēs, from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

grīseochrōmogenēs (neuter grīseochrōmogenes or grīseochrōmogenēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

  1. (New Latin) Producing gray color.

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 (Greek-type).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative grīseochrōmogenēs grīseochrōmogenes1
grīseochrōmogenēs		 grīseochrōmogenēs grīseochrōmogenia
Genitive grīseochrōmogenis grīseochrōmogenium
Dative grīseochrōmogenī grīseochrōmogenibus
Accusative grīseochrōmogenem grīseochrōmogenes1
grīseochrōmogenēs		 grīseochrōmogenēs grīseochrōmogenia
Ablative grīseochrōmogenī grīseochrōmogenibus
Vocative grīseochrōmogenes1
grīseochrōmogenēs		 grīseochrōmogenēs grīseochrōmogenia

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Synonyms
  • grīseichrōmogenēs
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