faecalis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From faex (“dregs, sediment, feces”) + -ālis.
Adjective
[edit]faecālis (neuter faecāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (New Latin) Used as a specific epithet for several bacteria associated with feces
Usage notes
[edit]- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | faecālis | faecāle | faecālēs | faecālia | |
| Genitive | faecālis | faecālium | |||
| Dative | faecālī | faecālibus | |||
| Accusative | faecālem | faecāle | faecālēs faecālīs |
faecālia | |
| Ablative | faecālī | faecālibus | |||
| Vocative | faecālis | faecāle | faecālēs | faecālia | |