amoebaeus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβαῖος (amoibaîos, “reciprocal”), from ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change; alternation”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.moe̯ˈbae̯.us/, [ämoe̯ˈbäe̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.meˈbe.us/, [ämeˈbɛːus]
Adjective[edit]
amoebaeus (feminine amoebaea, neuter amoebaeum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | amoebaeus | amoebaea | amoebaeum | amoebaeī | amoebaeae | amoebaea | |
| Genitive | amoebaeī | amoebaeae | amoebaeī | amoebaeōrum | amoebaeārum | amoebaeōrum | |
| Dative | amoebaeō | amoebaeō | amoebaeīs | ||||
| Accusative | amoebaeum | amoebaeam | amoebaeum | amoebaeōs | amoebaeās | amoebaea | |
| Ablative | amoebaeō | amoebaeā | amoebaeō | amoebaeīs | |||
| Vocative | amoebaee | amoebaea | amoebaeum | amoebaeī | amoebaeae | amoebaea | |
Descendants[edit]
- English amoebean
References[edit]
- “amoebaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amoebaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.