polydactylus

See also: Polydactylus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) + dactylus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: po‧ly‧dac‧ty‧lus

Adjective

polydactylus (feminine polydactyla, neuter polydactylum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) many-fingered

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	polydactylus	polydactyla	polydactylum		polydactylī	polydactylae	polydactyla
genitive	polydactylī	polydactylae	polydactylī		polydactylōrum	polydactylārum	polydactylōrum
dative	polydactylō	polydactylae	polydactylō		polydactylīs
accusative	polydactylum	polydactylam	polydactylum		polydactylōs	polydactylās	polydactyla
ablative	polydactylō	polydactylā	polydactylō		polydactylīs
vocative	polydactyle	polydactyla	polydactylum		polydactylī	polydactylae	polydactyla