rhamnosus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ramˈnoː.sus/, [rämˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ramˈno.sus/, [rämˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

rhamnōsus (feminine rhamnōsa, neuter rhamnōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) A specific epithet for a probiotic bacterium

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rhamnōsus	rhamnōsa	rhamnōsum		rhamnōsī	rhamnōsae	rhamnōsa
Genitive	rhamnōsī	rhamnōsae	rhamnōsī		rhamnōsōrum	rhamnōsārum	rhamnōsōrum
Dative	rhamnōsō		rhamnōsō		rhamnōsīs
Accusative	rhamnōsum	rhamnōsam	rhamnōsum		rhamnōsōs	rhamnōsās	rhamnōsa
Ablative	rhamnōsō	rhamnōsā	rhamnōsō		rhamnōsīs
Vocative	rhamnōse	rhamnōsa	rhamnōsum		rhamnōsī	rhamnōsae	rhamnōsa

Derived terms

• Lactobacillus rhamnosus