apterus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros). Analyzable as a- + pterus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈap.tɛ.rʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈap.te.rus]
Adjective
apterus (feminine aptera, neuter apterum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) wingless
- 1761, Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Insecta musei Graecensis, page 10:
- COCCUS. Rostrum pectorale. Abdomen postice setosum. Alæ II. erectæ masculis. Feminæ apteræ.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | apterus | aptera | apterum | apterī | apterae | aptera | |
| genitive | apterī | apterae | apterī | apterōrum | apterārum | apterōrum | |
| dative | apterō | apterae | apterō | apterīs | |||
| accusative | apterum | apteram | apterum | apterōs | apterās | aptera | |
| ablative | apterō | apterā | apterō | apterīs | |||
| vocative | aptere | aptera | apterum | apterī | apterae | aptera | |
Descendants
- Translingual: See list of species at Catalogue of Life
Anagrams
- apertus (“uncovered, unclosed, not open”)