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
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 | |
Usage notes
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.