lumbricoides
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From lumbrīcus (“intestinal worm”) + -oīdēs (“-like, -form”).
Pronunciation[edit]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lum.bri.koˈi.des/, [lumbrikoˈiːd̪es]
Adjective[edit]
lumbrīcoīdēs (neuter lumbrīcoīdes or lumbrīcoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
- Shaped like a worm.
Inflection[edit]
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | lumbrīcoīdēs | lumbrīcoīdes1 lumbrīcoīdēs |
lumbrīcoīdēs | lumbrīcoīdia | |
Genitive | lumbrīcoīdis | lumbrīcoīdium | |||
Dative | lumbrīcoīdī | lumbrīcoīdibus | |||
Accusative | lumbrīcoīdem | lumbrīcoīdes1 lumbrīcoīdēs |
lumbrīcoīdēs | lumbrīcoīdia | |
Ablative | lumbrīcoīdī | lumbrīcoīdibus | |||
Vocative | lumbrīcoīdes1 lumbrīcoīdēs |
lumbrīcoīdēs | lumbrīcoīdia |
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.