lignicolus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From lignum (“wood”) + colō (“to inhabit”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /liɡˈni.ko.lus/, [lʲɪŋˈnɪkɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /liɲˈɲi.ko.lus/, [liɲˈɲiːkolus]
Adjective[edit]
lignicolus (feminine lignicola, neuter lignicolum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) That lives in (dead) wood; lignicolous
Usage notes[edit]
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lignicolus | lignicola | lignicolum | lignicolī | lignicolae | lignicola | |
| Genitive | lignicolī | lignicolae | lignicolī | lignicolōrum | lignicolārum | lignicolōrum | |
| Dative | lignicolō | lignicolō | lignicolīs | ||||
| Accusative | lignicolum | lignicolam | lignicolum | lignicolōs | lignicolās | lignicola | |
| Ablative | lignicolō | lignicolā | lignicolō | lignicolīs | |||
| Vocative | lignicole | lignicola | lignicolum | lignicolī | lignicolae | lignicola | |