fimicolus
Latin
Etymology
fimus (“dung”) + colō (“I inhabit”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fiˈmi.ko.lus/, [fɪˈmɪkɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiˈmi.ko.lus/, [fiˈmiːkolus]
Adjective
fimicolus (feminine fimicola, neuter fimicolum); first/second-declension adjective
- dung-dwelling, fimicolous
- 1801, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Synopsis Methodica Fungorum I, page 412:
- Agaricus fimicola: gregarius, pileo subcarnoso hemisphaerico rufescente-alutaceo, lamellis latiusculis fuscis, stipite fistuloso nitido pileo concolore.
- 1801, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Synopsis Methodica Fungorum I, page 412:
Usage notes
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | fimicolus | fimicola | fimicolum | fimicolī | fimicolae | fimicola | |
Genitive | fimicolī | fimicolae | fimicolī | fimicolōrum | fimicolārum | fimicolōrum | |
Dative | fimicolō | fimicolō | fimicolīs | ||||
Accusative | fimicolum | fimicolam | fimicolum | fimicolōs | fimicolās | fimicola | |
Ablative | fimicolō | fimicolā | fimicolō | fimicolīs | |||
Vocative | fimicole | fimicola | fimicolum | fimicolī | fimicolae | fimicola |
Descendants
- English: fimicolous
- Spanish: fimícolo