faecalis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From faex (“dregs, sediment, feces”) + -ālis.
Adjective
[edit]faecālis (neuter faecāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (New Latin) Used as a specific epithet for several bacteria associated with feces
Usage notes
[edit]- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | faecālis | faecāle | faecālēs | faecālia | |
| genitive | faecālis | faecālium | |||
| dative | faecālī | faecālibus | |||
| accusative | faecālem | faecāle | faecālēs faecālīs |
faecālia | |
| ablative | faecālī | faecālibus | |||
| vocative | faecālis | faecāle | faecālēs | faecālia | |