vermicularis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vermiculus (“little worm, grub”) + -aris (adjectival suffix), the former being the diminutive of vermis (“worm”).
Pronunciation
[edit](modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ver.mi.kuˈla.ris/, [vermikuˈläːris]
Adjective
[edit]vermiculāris (neuter vermiculāre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (New Latin) A specific epithet of many taxonomic species names.
Usage notes
[edit]- Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vermiculāris | vermiculāre | vermiculārēs | vermiculāria | |
| Genitive | vermiculāris | vermiculārium | |||
| Dative | vermiculārī | vermiculāribus | |||
| Accusative | vermiculārem | vermiculāre | vermiculārēs vermiculārīs |
vermiculāria | |
| Ablative | vermiculārī | vermiculāribus | |||
| Vocative | vermiculāris | vermiculāre | vermiculārēs | vermiculāria | |