impennis

Latin

Etymology

From penna (feather, fin, wing) +‎ in- -is.

Pronunciation

Adjective

impennis (neuter impenne); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (New Latin) without feathers (of flight)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative impennis impenne impennēs impennia
genitive impennis impennium
dative impennī impennibus
accusative impennem impenne impennēs
impennīs
impennia
ablative impennī impennibus
vocative impennis impenne impennēs impennia

Derived terms