lumbricoides

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lum.bri.koˈi.des/,

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).

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative lumbrīcoīdēs lumbrīcoīdes1
lumbrīcoīdēs
lumbrīcoīdēs lumbrīcoīda
lumbrīcoīdia2
genitive lumbrīcoīdis lumbrīcoīdum
lumbrīcoīdium2
dative lumbrīcoīdī lumbrīcoīdibus
accusative lumbrīcoīdem lumbrīcoīdes1
lumbrīcoīdēs
lumbrīcoīdēs lumbrīcoīda
lumbrīcoīdia2
ablative lumbrīcoīde
lumbrīcoīdī2
lumbrīcoīdibus
vocative lumbrīcoīdes1
lumbrīcoīdēs
lumbrīcoīdēs lumbrīcoīda
lumbrīcoīdia2

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.