Latin diagnosis
Tepalis tribus, inflorescentia omnino sulphurea a congeneribus differt.
Translation
It [Aponogeton sect. Flavida] differs from congeners by its three tepals, and an entirely yellow inflorescence.
| It [Aponogeton sect. Flavida] differs | differt - third person singular, present active indicative of third conjugation verb differo, differre, distuli, dilatus |
| from | a - preposition [takes ablative] |
| congeners | congeneribus - The word congener is a masculine noun of the second declension (genitive singular congeneri); therefore the correct form of the word here should have been congeneris, the ablative plural; object of a |
| with three | tribus - ablative plural neuter of tres, tres, tria; modifies tepalis |
| tepals, | tepalis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun tepalum, -i |
| and | The conjunction "and" is added here for smoothness of reading. |
| an entirely | omnino - adverb |
| yellow | sulphurea - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective sulphureus, -a, -um; modifies inflorescentia |
| inflorescence. | inflorescentia - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun inflorescentia, -ae |
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