Latin diagnosis
Tepalis sex vice tribus, semper viridibus, floribus circum axem patentibus, inflorescentia ramose viridique, a congeneribus differt. Hieme florens; in terram hieme inundatam.
Translation
It [Aponogeton sect. Viridis] differs from congeners with six tepals instead of three, always green, with flowers spreading out around an axis, and with a green, branched inflorescence. Flowering in winter; on land flooded in winter.
| It [Aponogeton sect. Viridis] differs | differt - third person singular, present active indicative of third conjugation verb differo, differre, distuli, dilatus |
| from | a - preposition [takes ablative] |
| cogeners | 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 six | sex - indeclinable adjective |
| tepals | tepalis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun tepalum, -i |
| instead of | vice - adverb |
| three, | tribus - ablative plural neuter of numerical adjective tres, tres, tria |
| always | semper - adverb |
| green, | viridibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective viridis, -is, -e; modifies tepalis |
| with flowers | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| spreading out | patentibus - ablative plural masculine of present active participle of pateo, patere, patui, ---; modifies floribus |
| around | circum - preposition [takes accusative] |
| an axis, | axem - accusative singular of third declension masculine noun axis, axis; object of circum |
| and | que at the end of viridique - enclitic conjunction |
| with a green, | viridique minus the -que - ablative singular feminine of group B adjective viridis, -is, -e; modifies inflorescentia |
| branched | ramosa - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective ramosus, -a, -um; modifies inflorescentia |
| inflorescence. | inflorescentia - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun inflorescentia, -ae |
| Flowering | florens - nominative singular masculine of present active participle of second conjugation verb floreo, -ere, -ui, ---; agrees with Aponogeton section Viridis |
| in winter; | hieme - ablative (of time) singular of third declension feminine noun hiems, hiemis |
| on | in - preposition [takes accusative] |
| ground | terram - accusative singular of first declension feminine noun terra, -ae; object of in |
| flooded | inundatam - accusative singular feminine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb inundo, -are, -avi, -atus; modifies terram |
| in winter. | hieme - ablative (of time) singular of third declension feminine noun hiems, hiemis |
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