alticolus

Latin

Etymology

Alternative form of alticola, from altus (“high”) + colō (“to inhabit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈti.ko.lus/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɪkɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈti.ko.lus/, [äl̪ˈt̪iːkolus]

Adjective

alticolus (feminine alticola, neuter alticolum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) That lives at high altitudes

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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	alticolus	alticola	alticolum		alticolī	alticolae	alticola
genitive	alticolī	alticolae	alticolī		alticolōrum	alticolārum	alticolōrum
dative	alticolō	alticolae	alticolō		alticolīs
accusative	alticolum	alticolam	alticolum		alticolōs	alticolās	alticola
ablative	alticolō	alticolā	alticolō		alticolīs
vocative	alticole	alticola	alticolum		alticolī	alticolae	alticola