lumbricoides

Latin

Etymology

From lumbrīcus (“intestinal worm”) +‎ -oīdēs (“-like, -form”).

Pronunciation

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lum.bri.koˈi.des/, [lumbrikoˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

lumbrīcoīdēs (neuter lumbrīcoīdes or lumbrīcoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

1. Shaped like a worm.

   Ascaris lumbrīcoīdēs

Inflection

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			lumbrīcoīdum lumbrīcoīdium
Dative	lumbrīcoīdī			lumbrīcoīdibus
Accusative	lumbrīcoīdem	lumbrīcoīdes1 lumbrīcoīdēs		lumbrīcoīdēs	lumbrīcoīdia
Ablative	lumbrīcoīde 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.