longirostris

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos

Proto-Italic *(d)longos

Latin longus

Latin rostrum

Latin longirōstris

From longus (“long”) + rostrum (“nose”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫɔŋ.ɡɪˈroːs.trɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [lon̠ʲ.d͡ʒiˈrɔs.tris]

Adjective

longirōstris (neuter longirōstre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin, taxonomy) Having a long nose or similar noselike facial protrusion such as a beak or rostrum.
   • 1761, Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Insecta musei Graecensis, page 28:

     * Longirostris femoribus simplicibus.

     (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

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	longirōstris	longirōstre		longirōstrēs	longirōstria
genitive	longirōstris			longirōstrium
dative	longirōstrī			longirōstribus
accusative	longirōstrem	longirōstre		longirōstrīs longirōstrēs	longirōstria
ablative	longirōstrī			longirōstribus
vocative	longirōstris	longirōstre		longirōstrēs	longirōstria