discoideus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From discoīdēs (“disc-shaped”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dis.koˈiː.de.us/, [d̪ɪs̠koˈiːd̪eʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dis.koˈi.de.us/, [d̪iskoˈiːd̪eus]
Adjective edit
discoīdeus (feminine discoīdea, neuter discoīdeum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) Used as a specific epithet; disc-shaped.
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 | discoīdeus | discoīdea | discoīdeum | discoīdeī | discoīdeae | discoīdea | |
| Genitive | discoīdeī | discoīdeae | discoīdeī | discoīdeōrum | discoīdeārum | discoīdeōrum | |
| Dative | discoīdeō | discoīdeō | discoīdeīs | ||||
| Accusative | discoīdeum | discoīdeam | discoīdeum | discoīdeōs | discoīdeās | discoīdea | |
| Ablative | discoīdeō | discoīdeā | discoīdeō | discoīdeīs | |||
| Vocative | discoīdee | discoīdea | discoīdeum | discoīdeī | discoīdeae | discoīdea | |