aerogenes

Latin

Etymology

āēr + -genēs, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + γεννάω (gennáō, “to produce”)

Adjective

āerogenēs (neuter āerogenes or āerogenēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

1. (New Latin) gas-producing

Usage notes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	āerogenēs	āerogenes1 āerogenēs		āerogenēs	āerogenia
Genitive	āerogenis			āerogenium
Dative	āerogenī			āerogenibus
Accusative	āerogenem	āerogenes1 āerogenēs		āerogenēs	āerogenia
Ablative	āerogenī			āerogenibus
Vocative	āerogenes1 āerogenēs			āerogenēs	āerogenia

¹It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Descendants

• Enterobacter aerogenes
• Haloplanus aerogenes
• Klebsiella aerogenes
• Pasteurella aerogenes
• Staphylococcus aerogenes
• Streptococcus aerogenes