deserticolus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From desertum (“desert”) + colō (“to inhabit”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.serˈti.ko.lus/, [d̪eːs̠ɛrˈt̪ɪkɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.serˈti.ko.lus/, [d̪es̬erˈt̪iːkolus]
Adjective edit
dēserticolus (feminine dēserticola, neuter dēserticolum); first/second-declension adjective
Usage notes edit
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dēserticolus | dēserticola | dēserticolum | dēserticolī | dēserticolae | dēserticola | |
| Genitive | dēserticolī | dēserticolae | dēserticolī | dēserticolōrum | dēserticolārum | dēserticolōrum | |
| Dative | dēserticolō | dēserticolō | dēserticolīs | ||||
| Accusative | dēserticolum | dēserticolam | dēserticolum | dēserticolōs | dēserticolās | dēserticola | |
| Ablative | dēserticolō | dēserticolā | dēserticolō | dēserticolīs | |||
| Vocative | dēserticole | dēserticola | dēserticolum | dēserticolī | dēserticolae | dēserticola | |