eremicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρημία (erēmía, “desert, solitude”) + -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈreː.mi.kus/, [ɛˈreːmɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈre.mi.kus/, [eˈrɛːmikus]

Adjective

erēmicus (feminine erēmica, neuter erēmicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational, New Latin, biology) desert, wasteland

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	erēmicus	erēmica	erēmicum		erēmicī	erēmicae	erēmica
genitive	erēmicī	erēmicae	erēmicī		erēmicōrum	erēmicārum	erēmicōrum
dative	erēmicō	erēmicae	erēmicō		erēmicīs
accusative	erēmicum	erēmicam	erēmicum		erēmicōs	erēmicās	erēmica
ablative	erēmicō	erēmicā	erēmicō		erēmicīs
vocative	erēmice	erēmica	erēmicum		erēmicī	erēmicae	erēmica

Related terms

• erēmīta

Descendants

• Translingual:
  • Eretmocerus eremicus
  • Peromyscus eremicus
  • Eriastrum eremicum

References

William T Stearn (2004) “Vocabulary”, in Botanical Latin, Fourth edition, Portland, OR: Timber Press, →ISBN, page 399