acoroides

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Latin

Adjective

acoroīdēs (neuter acoroīdes or acoroīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

  1. (New Latin) resembling sweet flag (of order Acorales)

Usage notes

Declension

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

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative acoroīdēs acoroīdes1
acoroīdēs
acoroīdēs acoroīda
acoroīdia2
genitive acoroīdis acoroīdum
acoroīdium2
dative acoroīdī acoroīdibus
accusative acoroīdem acoroīdes1
acoroīdēs
acoroīdēs acoroīda
acoroīdia2
ablative acoroīde
acoroīdī2
acoroīdibus
vocative acoroīdes1
acoroīdēs
acoroīdēs acoroīda
acoroīdia2

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
2It is unknown whether adjectives of this type would use i-stem or consonant-stem endings in Classical Latin: the relevant forms are not attested. Depending on the word, either ending or both may be attested in New Latin.