aphidicolus

Latin

Etymology

From aphid + colō (“to inhabit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.pʰiˈdi.ko.lus/, [äpʰɪˈd̪ɪkɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.fiˈdi.ko.lus/, [äfiˈd̪iːkolus]

Adjective

aphidicolus (feminine aphidicola, neuter aphidicolum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) that lives within aphids (often as a symbiont)

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	aphidicolus	aphidicola	aphidicolum		aphidicolī	aphidicolae	aphidicola
genitive	aphidicolī	aphidicolae	aphidicolī		aphidicolōrum	aphidicolārum	aphidicolōrum
dative	aphidicolō	aphidicolae	aphidicolō		aphidicolīs
accusative	aphidicolum	aphidicolam	aphidicolum		aphidicolōs	aphidicolās	aphidicola
ablative	aphidicolō	aphidicolā	aphidicolō		aphidicolīs
vocative	aphidicole	aphidicola	aphidicolum		aphidicolī	aphidicolae	aphidicola