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Translingual
Adjective
heptaphyllus m (feminine heptaphylla, neuter heptaphyllum)
- seven-leaved; used as a specific epithet
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑπτάφυλλος (heptáphullos, “seven-leaved”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
heptaphyllus (feminine heptaphylla, neuter heptaphyllum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) seven-leaved
1802, Thomas Marsham, Entomologia britannica, sistens insecta Britanniæ indigena, secundum methodum Linnæanam disposita. Tomus I. Coleoptera, page 36:Descr. Antennæ brunneæ, clavâ maris longissimâ, heptaphyllâ feminæ verò minori, ovatâ.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1836, G. A. Walker-Arnott, Pugillus plantarum Indiae orientalis, in: Nova acta physico-medica academiae caesareae leopoldino-carolinae naturae curiosorum. Tomi duodevicesimi pars prior (Verhandlungen der kaiserlichen leopoldinisch-carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher. Zehnter Band), p. 356 b.:
Fatendum tamen, levioris omnino habenda esse argumenta a nominibus vulgatis plantarum derivanda, ipsumque Linnaeum Radalya nomen ad Sophoram heptaphyllam retulisse.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.