tepalum

Latin

Etymology

Modern Latin; coined by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, in 1827, by analogy with the terms petalum (“petal”) and sepalum (“sepal”), by transposition or metathesis.

Pronunciation

Noun

tēpalum n (genitive tēpalī); second declension

  1. (New Latin, botany) tepal

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative tēpalum tēpala
genitive tēpalī tēpalōrum
dative tēpalō tēpalīs
accusative tēpalum tēpala
ablative tēpalō tēpalīs
vocative tēpalum tēpala
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