physodes

physodes

1. plural of physode

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῡσώδης (phūsṓdēs).

phȳsōdēs (neuter phȳsōdes or phȳsōdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

1. (New Latin) bellows-like

• 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.

• Hypogymnia physodes
• Pimelea physodes
• Rupertia physodes