faecalis

Latin

Etymology

From faex (“dregs, sediment, feces”) +‎ -ālis.

Adjective

faecālis (neuter faecāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (New Latin) Used as a specific epithet for several bacteria associated with feces

Usage notes

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

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative faecālis faecāle faecālēs faecālia
genitive faecālis faecālium
dative faecālī faecālibus
accusative faecālem faecāle faecālēs
faecālīs 		faecālia
ablative faecālī faecālibus
vocative faecālis faecāle faecālēs faecālia

Derived terms

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