lumbricoides

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative lumbrīcoīdēs lumbrīcoīdes1
lumbrīcoīdēs		 lumbrīcoīdēs lumbrīcoīdia
Genitive lumbrīcoīdis lumbrīcoīdium
Dative lumbrīcoīdī lumbrīcoīdibus
Accusative lumbrīcoīdem lumbrīcoīdes1
lumbrīcoīdēs		 lumbrīcoīdēs lumbrīcoīdia
Ablative lumbrīcoīdī lumbrīcoīdibus
Vocative lumbrīcoīdes1
lumbrīcoīdēs		 lumbrīcoīdēs lumbrīcoīdia

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

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