rupestris

Latin

Etymology

From rūpes (“rock, cliff”) +‎ -estris, with the ending after terrestris (compare palūdester and silvester).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ruːˈpɛs.trɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ruˈpɛs.t̪ris]

Adjective

rūpestris (neuter rūpestre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) that lives on cliffs or rocks

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	rūpestris	rūpestre		rūpestrēs	rūpestria
genitive	rūpestris			rūpestrium
dative	rūpestrī			rūpestribus
accusative	rūpestrem	rūpestre		rūpestrēs rūpestrīs	rūpestria
ablative	rūpestrī			rūpestribus
vocative	rūpestris	rūpestre		rūpestrēs	rūpestria

Related terms

• rūpes

Descendants

• Catalan: rupestre
• French: rupestre
• Galician: rupestre
• Italian: rupestre
• Portuguese: rupestre
• Spanish: rupestre
• Translingual: Plagiochasma rupestre