lumbricoides
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.