A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Gaster,-teris (s.f.III), abl. sg. gastere; or gaster, gen.sg. gastri (s.m.II), abl. sg. gastro: belly, stomach to do; may be compounded in either Latin or Greek, but the Latin word derives from the Greek and most compounds are with Greek elements; = Latin: venter,-tris, q.v.; see stomach. NOTE: Stearn indicated that “Gaster” was a feminine noun that could be declined in the third (like Tuber) or second (like Ager)declension. Most genera ending in -gaster are masculine (according to their epithets).
gaster, gen.sg. gasteris (s.[m.]f.III) belly, stomach. stem: gaster-; compounds gaster-, gastero- singular plural Nom. gaster gasteres Gen. gasteris gasterum Dat. gasteri gasteribus Acc. gasterem gasteres Abl. gastere gasteribus Gasteromyces; Gasteromycetes gaster, gen.sg. gastri (s.[m.]f.II) belly, stomach; singular plural Nom. gaster gastri Gen. gastri gastrorum Dat. gastro gastris Acc. gastrum gastros Abl. gastro gastris Amphigaster, “proposed alteration of Amphigastria” (Jackson): amphigaster,-teris (s.f.III), abl. sg. gastere; see amphigastrium. Gastroboletus; Gastrosporium; Gastromycetes, the general name for puffballs and their allies, from 'gastro', meaning stomach: the spore-bearing surface is inside the fruiting body. The fungus genus Melanogaster has masculine gender, as its epithets (ambiguus, variegatus, broomeianus) end in -us. Also Hymenogaster (arenarius, citrinus, griseus, luteus, muticus).
gaster-, gastero-, gastro-: in Gk. comp; -gaster,-teris (s.[m.]f.III) a noun in Greek compounds, 'belly' [> Gk. gaster (long eta), anatomical belly; a big-bellied vessel]; - Hemigaster; Hymenogaster; Hysterogaster; Phyllogaster; Phallogaster. Phallogaster,-gastri (s.m.II), abl. sg. Phallogastro, apparently declined as a second declension masc.; P. saccatus Morgan. Desmoscolex chaetogaster, a nematode; Drosophila melanogaster > Gk. melas ‘dark-colored’ + gastEr, belly, a fruit-fly.