LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

heptaphyllus

heptaphyllus (feminine heptaphylla, neuter heptaphyllum)
Classical[hɛp.taˈpʰyl.lʊs]Ecclesiastical[ep.taˈfil.lus]

Meaning

  1. New Latinadjectiveseven-leaved
    Descr. Antennæ brunneæ, clavâ maris longissimâ, heptaphyllâ feminæ verò minori, ovatâ.1802, Thomas Marsham, Entomologia britannica, sistens insecta Britanniæ indigena, secundum methodum Linnæanam disposita. Tomus I. Coleoptera, page 36:
    1836, G. A. Walker-Arnott, Pugillus plantarum Indiae orientalis, in: Nova acta physico-medica academiae caesareae leopoldino-carolinae naturae curiosorum. Tomi duodevicesimi pars prior (Verhandlungen der kaiserlichen leopoldinisch-carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher. Zehnter Band), p. 356 b.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeheptaphyllusheptaphyllaheptaphyllum
genitiveheptaphyllīheptaphyllaeheptaphyllī
dativeheptaphyllōheptaphyllaeheptaphyllō
accusativeheptaphyllumheptaphyllamheptaphyllum
ablativeheptaphyllōheptaphyllāheptaphyllō
vocativeheptaphylleheptaphyllaheptaphyllum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeheptaphyllīheptaphyllaeheptaphylla
genitiveheptaphyllōrumheptaphyllārumheptaphyllōrum
dativeheptaphyllīsheptaphyllīsheptaphyllīs
accusativeheptaphyllōsheptaphyllāsheptaphylla
ablativeheptaphyllīsheptaphyllīsheptaphyllīs
vocativeheptaphyllīheptaphyllaeheptaphylla

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑπτάφυλλος (heptáphullos, “seven-leaved”).

Quick answers

What does heptaphyllus mean in Latin?
heptaphyllus, a adjective, means “seven-leaved”.
How do you pronounce heptaphyllus?
In classical Latin, [hɛp.taˈpʰyl.lʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ep.taˈfil.lus].