strongyloides
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρογγυλοειδής (stronguloeidḗs, “of round form”), from στρογγύλος (strongúlos, “round, spherical”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -form”).
Pronunciation
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /stron.d͡ʒi.loˈi.des/, [st̪rɔn̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.lɔˈiː.d̪ɛs]
Adjective
strongyloīdēs (neuter strongyloīdes or strongyloīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
- Formed like a sphere.
Inflection
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | strongyloīdēs | strongyloīdes1 strongyloīdēs | strongyloīdēs | strongyloīdia | |
| Genitive | strongyloīdis | strongyloīdium | |||
| Dative | strongyloīdī | strongyloīdibus | |||
| Accusative | strongyloīdem | strongyloīdes1 strongyloīdēs | strongyloīdēs | strongyloīdia | |
| Ablative | strongyloīdī | strongyloīdibus | |||
| Vocative | strongyloīdes1 strongyloīdēs | strongyloīdēs | strongyloīdia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Descendants
- Translingual: Strongyloides