saxicolus

Latin

Etymology

From saxum (“stone, wall”) + colō (“to inhabit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sakˈsi.ko.lus/, [s̠äkˈs̠ɪkɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sakˈsi.ko.lus/, [säkˈsiːkolus]

Adjective

saxicolus (feminine saxicola, neuter saxicolum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) stone-dwelling, wall-dwelling

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
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	saxicolus	saxicola	saxicolum		saxicolī	saxicolae	saxicola
Genitive	saxicolī	saxicolae	saxicolī		saxicolōrum	saxicolārum	saxicolōrum
Dative	saxicolō		saxicolō		saxicolīs
Accusative	saxicolum	saxicolam	saxicolum		saxicolōs	saxicolās	saxicola
Ablative	saxicolō	saxicolā	saxicolō		saxicolīs
Vocative	saxicole	saxicola	saxicolum		saxicolī	saxicolae	saxicola