From lumbrīcus (“intestinal worm”) + -oīdēs (“-like, -form”).
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lum.bri.koˈi.des/,
lumbrīcoīdēs (neuter lumbrīcoīdes or lumbrīcoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
singular | plural | ||||
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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.