pyogenes

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Latin

Etymology

pȳo- + -genēs (“producing”), from Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “pus”) + γεννάω (gennáō, “to produce”)

Adjective

pȳogenēs (neuter pȳogenes or pȳogenēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

  1. (New Latin) pyogenic, pus-producing; A specific epithet for several pyogenic bacteria

Usage notes

Declension

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative pȳogenēs pȳogenes1
pȳogenēs 		pȳogenēs pȳogenia
Genitive pȳogenis pȳogenum
pȳogenium
Dative pȳogenī pȳogenibus
Accusative pȳogenem pȳogenes1
pȳogenēs 		pȳogenēs pȳogenia
Ablative pȳogene
pȳogenī 		pȳogenibus
Vocative pȳogenes1
pȳogenēs 		pȳogenēs pȳogenia

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

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