LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

subfīlifōrmis

subfīlifōrmis (neuter subfīlifōrme)
Classical[sʊf.fiː.lɪˈfoːr.mɪs]Ecclesiastical[sub.fi.liˈfɔr.mis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationsubfiliform
    CASSIDA. Antennæ subfiliformes, extrorsum crassiores. Elytra marginata. Caput sub thoracis clypeo plano reconditum.1761, Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Insecta musei Graecensis, page 6:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesubfīlifōrmissubfīlifōrmissubfīlifōrme
genitivesubfīlifōrmissubfīlifōrmissubfīlifōrmis
dativesubfīlifōrmīsubfīlifōrmīsubfīlifōrmī
accusativesubfīlifōrmemsubfīlifōrmemsubfīlifōrme
ablativesubfīlifōrmīsubfīlifōrmīsubfīlifōrmī
vocativesubfīlifōrmissubfīlifōrmissubfīlifōrme
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesubfīlifōrmēssubfīlifōrmēssubfīlifōrmia
genitivesubfīlifōrmiumsubfīlifōrmiumsubfīlifōrmium
dativesubfīlifōrmibussubfīlifōrmibussubfīlifōrmibus
accusativesubfīlifōrmīs
subfīlifōrmēs		subfīlifōrmīs
subfīlifōrmēs		subfīlifōrmia
ablativesubfīlifōrmibussubfīlifōrmibussubfīlifōrmibus
vocativesubfīlifōrmēssubfīlifōrmēssubfīlifōrmia

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsubfīlifōrmis

Latin sub- Latin fīlifōrmis Latin subfīlifōrmis From sub- (“under, not quite”) + fīlifōrmis (“threadlike, filiform”).

Descendants
  • Englishsubfiliform

In English words that came into English from subfīlifōrmis

  • subfiliformsubfīlifōrmis

Quick answers

What does subfīlifōrmis mean in Latin?
subfīlifōrmis, a adjective, means “subfiliform”.
How do you pronounce subfīlifōrmis?
In classical Latin, [sʊf.fiː.lɪˈfoːr.mɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sub.fi.liˈfɔr.mis].
Where does subfīlifōrmis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin subfīlifōrmis.