platyrhynchus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide, flat”) and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout, beak”).

Noun

platyrhynchus m (genitive platyrhynchī); second declension
platyrhynchus (feminine platyrhyncha, neuter platyrhynchum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin) a specific epithet for a flat-nosed organism

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative platyrhynchus platyrhynchī
Genitive platyrhynchī platyrhynchōrum
Dative platyrhynchō platyrhynchīs
Accusative platyrhynchum platyrhynchōs
Ablative platyrhynchō platyrhynchīs
Vocative platyrhynche platyrhynchī

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative platyrhynchus platyrhyncha platyrhynchum platyrhynchī platyrhynchae platyrhyncha
Genitive platyrhynchī platyrhynchae platyrhynchī platyrhynchōrum platyrhynchārum platyrhynchōrum
Dative platyrhynchō platyrhynchō platyrhynchīs
Accusative platyrhynchum platyrhyncham platyrhynchum platyrhynchōs platyrhynchās platyrhyncha
Ablative platyrhynchō platyrhynchā platyrhynchō platyrhynchīs
Vocative platyrhynche platyrhyncha platyrhynchum platyrhynchī platyrhynchae platyrhyncha

Usage notes
  • Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not inflected except in the nominative singular; other inflections are theoretical.
  • Occurs both as a non-agreeing noun and as an adjective that agrees with the gender of the genus.

Derived terms
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