flavicans

Latin

Etymology

Formed as if a present active participle of non-existent *flāvicō (“to turn yellow”); the actual verb is flāveō. See also -āns.

Adjective

flāvicāns (genitive flāvicantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. (New Latin) yellowing (becoming yellow)

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.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative flāvicāns flāvicantēs flāvicantia
genitive flāvicantis flāvicantium
dative flāvicantī flāvicantibus
accusative flāvicantem flāvicāns flāvicantēs flāvicantia
ablative flāvicantī flāvicantibus
vocative flāvicāns flāvicantēs flāvicantia
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