hamiformis

Latin

Etymology

First attested in an index in 1651 and in running text in 1806; formed as hāmus (“hook”) +‎ fōrma (“shape”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /haː.miˈfoːr.mis/, [haː.mɪˈfoːr.mɪs]

Adjective

hāmifōrmis (neuter hāmifōrme); third declension

  1. (New Latin) hook-shaped, hamiform
    • 1651, Marco Aurelio Severino, Vipera Pythia, “Index Rerum”, I
      Icon dentis hamiformis. 348.
    • 1806, Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle IX, page 267
      Appendix in singulâ valvâ simplex, inter alas eidem carinæ suprà adnata, infrà libera et à carinâ discedens, complanata septi æmula, sed valvâ angustior (undè loculi non omninò distincti), incurvata hamiformis basi bidentata dentibus latere exteriore seminiferis.

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative hāmifōrmis hāmifōrme hāmifōrmēs hāmifōrmia
genitive hāmifōrmis hāmifōrmium
dative hāmifōrmī hāmifōrmibus
accusative hāmifōrmem hāmifōrme hāmifōrmēs, hāmifōrmīs hāmifōrmia
ablative hāmifōrmī hāmifōrmibus
vocative hāmifōrmis hāmifōrme hāmifōrmēs hāmifōrmia

Descendants

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