vermicularis

Latin

Etymology

From vermiculus (“little worm, grub”) +‎ -aris (adjectival suffix), the former being the diminutive of vermis (“worm”).

Pronunciation

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver.mi.kuˈla.ris/, [vermikuˈläːris]

Adjective

vermiculāris (neuter vermiculāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) A specific epithet of many taxonomic species names.

Usage notes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	vermiculāris	vermiculāre		vermiculārēs	vermiculāria
genitive	vermiculāris			vermiculārium
dative	vermiculārī			vermiculāribus
accusative	vermiculārem	vermiculāre		vermiculārēs vermiculārīs	vermiculāria
ablative	vermiculārī			vermiculāribus
vocative	vermiculāris	vermiculāre		vermiculārēs	vermiculāria