acrostichoides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?].

Adjective

acrostichoīdēs (neuter acrostichoīdes or acrostichoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

  1. (New Latin) resembling a leather fern (of genus Acrostichum)

Usage notes
  • Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative acrostichoīdēs acrostichoīdes1
acrostichoīdēs		 acrostichoīdēs acrostichoīdia
Genitive acrostichoīdis acrostichoīdium
Dative acrostichoīdī acrostichoīdibus
Accusative acrostichoīdem acrostichoīdes1
acrostichoīdēs		 acrostichoīdēs acrostichoīdia
Ablative acrostichoīdī acrostichoīdibus
Vocative acrostichoīdes1
acrostichoīdēs		 acrostichoīdēs acrostichoīdia

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

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