rupestris

Latin

Etymology

From rūpes (“rock, cliff”) +‎ -estris, with the ending after terrestris (compare palūdester and silvester).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rūpestris (neuter rūpestre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (New Latin) that lives on cliffs or rocks

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 rūpestris rūpestre rūpestrēs rūpestria
genitive rūpestris rūpestrium
dative rūpestrī rūpestribus
accusative rūpestrem rūpestre rūpestrēs
rūpestrīs 		rūpestria
ablative rūpestrī rūpestribus
vocative rūpestris rūpestre rūpestrēs rūpestria

Descendants

  • Catalan: rupestre
  • French: rupestre
  • Galician: rupestre
  • Italian: rupestre
  • Portuguese: rupestre
  • Spanish: rupestre
  • Translingual: Plagiochasma rupestre
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