amoebaeus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβαῖος (amoibaîos, “reciprocal”), from ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change; alternation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.moe̯ˈbae̯.us/, [ämoe̯ˈbäe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.meˈbe.us/, [ämeˈbɛːus]

Adjective

amoebaeus (feminine amoebaea, neuter amoebaeum); first/second-declension adjective

1. reciprocal, alternate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	amoebaeus	amoebaea	amoebaeum		amoebaeī	amoebaeae	amoebaea
genitive	amoebaeī	amoebaeae	amoebaeī		amoebaeōrum	amoebaeārum	amoebaeōrum
dative	amoebaeō	amoebaeae	amoebaeō		amoebaeīs
accusative	amoebaeum	amoebaeam	amoebaeum		amoebaeōs	amoebaeās	amoebaea
ablative	amoebaeō	amoebaeā	amoebaeō		amoebaeīs
vocative	amoebaee	amoebaea	amoebaeum		amoebaeī	amoebaeae	amoebaea

Descendants

• English amoebean

References

• “amoebaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amoebaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.