lepturus
Latin
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “short”) + Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + -us.
Adjective
leptūrus (feminine leptūra, neuter leptūrum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) Having a thin tail.
Usage notes
- Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | leptūrus | leptūra | leptūrum | leptūrī | leptūrae | leptūra | |
| genitive | leptūrī | leptūrae | leptūrī | leptūrōrum | leptūrārum | leptūrōrum | |
| dative | leptūrō | leptūrae | leptūrō | leptūrīs | |||
| accusative | leptūrum | leptūram | leptūrum | leptūrōs | leptūrās | leptūra | |
| ablative | leptūrō | leptūrā | leptūrō | leptūrīs | |||
| vocative | leptūre | leptūra | leptūrum | leptūrī | leptūrae | leptūra | |