multispinosus

multispinosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin -i-
Proto-Indo-European *spey-der.
Proto-Italic *speinā
Latin spīna
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Latin multispīnōsus

    From multus (“many”) + -i- + spīna (“spine, thorn”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ful”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    multispīnōsus (feminine multispīnōsa, neuter multispīnōsum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. (New Latin) having multiple spines or thorns

    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 multispīnōsus multispīnōsa multispīnōsum multispīnōsī multispīnōsae multispīnōsa
    genitive multispīnōsī multispīnōsae multispīnōsī multispīnōsōrum multispīnōsārum multispīnōsōrum
    dative multispīnōsō multispīnōsae multispīnōsō multispīnōsīs
    accusative multispīnōsum multispīnōsam multispīnōsum multispīnōsōs multispīnōsās multispīnōsa
    ablative multispīnōsō multispīnōsā multispīnōsō multispīnōsīs
    vocative multispīnōse multispīnōsa multispīnōsum multispīnōsī multispīnōsae multispīnōsa
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