LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

hāmifōrmis

hāmifōrmis (neuter hāmifōrme)
Classical[haː.mɪˈfoːr.mɪs]Ecclesiastical[a.miˈfɔr.mis]

Meaning

  1. New Latintwo terminationhook-shaped, hamiform
    1651, Marco Aurelio Severino, Vipera Pythia, “Index Rerum”, I Icon dentis hamiformis. 348.
    Appendix in singulâ valvâ simplex, inter alas eidem carinæ suprà adnata, infrà libera et à carinâ discedens, complanata septi æmula, sed valvâ angustior (undè loculi non omninò distincti), incurvata hamiformis basi bidentata dentibus latere exteriore seminiferis.1806, Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, IX, page 267:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehāmifōrmishāmifōrmishāmifōrme
genitivehāmifōrmishāmifōrmishāmifōrmis
dativehāmifōrmīhāmifōrmīhāmifōrmī
accusativehāmifōrmemhāmifōrmemhāmifōrme
ablativehāmifōrmīhāmifōrmīhāmifōrmī
vocativehāmifōrmishāmifōrmishāmifōrme
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehāmifōrmēshāmifōrmēshāmifōrmia
genitivehāmifōrmiumhāmifōrmiumhāmifōrmium
dativehāmifōrmibushāmifōrmibushāmifōrmibus
accusativehāmifōrmīs
hāmifōrmēs		hāmifōrmīs
hāmifōrmēs		hāmifōrmia
ablativehāmifōrmibushāmifōrmibushāmifōrmibus
vocativehāmifōrmēshāmifōrmēshāmifōrmia

Origins

First attested in an index in 1651 and in running text in 1806; formed as hāmus (“hook”) + fōrma (“shape”).

Descendants
  • Englishhamiform

Quick answers

What does hāmifōrmis mean in Latin?
hāmifōrmis, a adjective, means “hook-shaped, hamiform”.
How do you pronounce hāmifōrmis?
In classical Latin, [haː.mɪˈfoːr.mɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.miˈfɔr.mis].