A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

lepodes,-odis (adj.B): crust-like, crustaceous [> Gk. lepos,-eos (s.n.III), a rind, husk, scale]; see crustaceus,-a,-um (adj.A);

          singular                 plural  
       m. & f.    n.         m. & f.      n.  
Nom.  lepodes lepodes       lepodes     lepoda      ‘crust-like’   
Gen.      lepodis               lepodum  
Dat.      lepodi               lepodibus  
Acc.  lepodem lepodes      lepodes   lepoda  
Abl.      lepode               lepodibus

Thallus,-i (s.m.II) crustaceus, abl. sg. thallo crustaceo: “in the lichens, a thallus that forms a flat crust on or in the substratum, adhering firmly by its entire lower surface so that it cannot be separated without injury, same as ‘thallus lepodes’” (S&D).

Thallus lepodes, abl. sg. thallo lepode.

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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