lignicolus

Latin

Etymology

From lignum (“wood”) + colō (“to inhabit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liɡˈni.ko.lus/, [lʲɪŋˈnɪkɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liɲˈɲi.ko.lus/, [liɲˈɲiːkolus]

Adjective

lignicolus (feminine lignicola, neuter lignicolum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) That lives in (dead) wood; lignicolous

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	lignicolus	lignicola	lignicolum		lignicolī	lignicolae	lignicola
genitive	lignicolī	lignicolae	lignicolī		lignicolōrum	lignicolārum	lignicolōrum
dative	lignicolō	lignicolae	lignicolō		lignicolīs
accusative	lignicolum	lignicolam	lignicolum		lignicolōs	lignicolās	lignicola
ablative	lignicolō	lignicolā	lignicolō		lignicolīs
vocative	lignicole	lignicola	lignicolum		lignicolī	lignicolae	lignicola