gesnerioides

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Latin

Etymology

Gesneria +‎ -oides

Adjective

gesnerioīdēs (neuter gesnerioīdes or gesnerioīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

  1. Used as a specific epithet; resembling Gesneria.

Usage notes

Declension

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

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative gesnerioīdēs gesnerioīdes1
gesnerioīdēs
gesnerioīdēs gesnerioīda
gesnerioīdia2
genitive gesnerioīdis gesnerioīdum
gesnerioīdium2
dative gesnerioīdī gesnerioīdibus
accusative gesnerioīdem gesnerioīdes1
gesnerioīdēs
gesnerioīdēs gesnerioīda
gesnerioīdia2
ablative gesnerioīde
gesnerioīdī2
gesnerioīdibus
vocative gesnerioīdes1
gesnerioīdēs
gesnerioīdēs gesnerioīda
gesnerioīdia2

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.

Derived terms