griseochromogenes

From grīseus (“gray”) +‎ -o- +‎ chrōma (“color”) +‎ Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs), from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡri.se.o.kʰroˈmo.ɡe.nes/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡri.se.o.kroˈmo.d͡ʒe.nes/,

grīseochrōmogenēs (neuter grīseochrōmogenes or grīseochrōmogenēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

1. (New Latin) Producing gray color.

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

¹It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
²It is unknown whether adjectives of this type would use i-stem or consonant-stem endings in Classical Latin: the relevant forms are not attested. Depending on the word, either ending or both may be attested in New Latin.

• grīseichrōmogenēs