ruficeps

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Latin

Etymology

From rūfus (“red”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈruː.fi.keps/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.fi.t͡ʃeps/,

Adjective

rūficeps (genitive rūficipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

(New Latin) red-headed

Usage notes

Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	rūficeps			rūficipitēs	rūficipitia
genitive	rūficipitis			rūficipitium
dative	rūficipitī			rūficipitibus
accusative	rūficipitem	rūficeps		rūficipitēs	rūficipitia
ablative	rūficipitī			rūficipitibus
vocative	rūficeps			rūficipitēs	rūficipitia

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