A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

-chaetes,-is (three gender adjective): in Gk. comp., of or pertaining to bristle, long hair; used for ‘stalk, foot, seta, i.e. a thin supporting bristle;’ having such or a specified bristle, hair; stalk, foot, seta; see –chaetus,-a,-um (adj.A);

Adjj. in –chaetes:

Masc./fem.

        Singular                   plural
Nom.  melanochaetes  -es    Nom. melanochaetes    -es
Gen.  melanochaetis  -is    Gen. melanochaetum    -um
Dat.  melanochaeti   -i     Dat. melanochaetibus  -ibus
Acc.  melanochaetem  -es    Acc. melanochaetes    -es
Abl.  melanochaete   -e     Abl. melanochaetibus  -ibus

Neuter.

        Singular                   plural
Nom.  melanochaetes  -es    Nom. melanochaeta    -a
Gen.  melanochaetis  -is    Gen. melanochaetum   -um
Dat.  melanochaeti   -i     Dat. melanochaetibus -ibus
Acc.  melanochaetes  -es    Acc. melanochaeta    -a
Abl.  melanochaete   -e     Abl. melanochaetibus -ibus

NOTE. In mac./fem. the acc. sg. ends in –em, but in neuter acc.sg. it ends in –es. In indoeurpean languages the neuter nom.sg. is the same as acc.sg. (-es), the nom.pl. is the same as the acc.pl (-a).