eremicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρημία (erēmía, “desert, solitude”) + -icus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

erēmicus (feminine erēmica, neuter erēmicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational, New Latin, biology) desert, wasteland

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 erēmicus erēmica erēmicum erēmicī erēmicae erēmica
Genitive erēmicī erēmicae erēmicī erēmicōrum erēmicārum erēmicōrum
Dative erēmicō erēmicō erēmicīs
Accusative erēmicum erēmicam erēmicum erēmicōs erēmicās erēmica
Ablative erēmicō erēmicā erēmicō erēmicīs
Vocative erēmice erēmica erēmicum erēmicī erēmicae erēmica

Descendants

References

William T Stearn (2004) “Vocabulary”, in Botanical Latin, Fourth edition, Portland, OR: Timber Press, →ISBN, page 399

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