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Etymology

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translingual Lycium +‎ -oīdēs

Adjective

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lycioīdēs (neuter lycioīdes or lycioīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

  1. Resembling plants of the genus Lycium. Describes several buckthorns.

Usage notes

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Declension

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Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative lycioīdēs lycioīdes1
lycioīdēs
lycioīdēs lycioīdia
Genitive lycioīdis lycioīdium
Dative lycioīdī lycioīdibus
Accusative lycioīdem lycioīdes1
lycioīdēs
lycioīdēs lycioīdia
Ablative lycioīdī lycioīdibus
Vocative lycioīdes1
lycioīdēs
lycioīdēs lycioīdia

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Derived terms

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