hygroscopicus
Latin
Etymology
Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós, “moist”) + Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”) + -icus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hy.ɡrosˈko.pi.kus/, [hʏɡrɔs̠ˈkɔpɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.ɡrosˈko.pi.kus/, [iɡrosˈkɔːpikus]
Adjective
hygroscopicus (feminine hygroscopica, neuter hygroscopicum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) hygroscopic (readily absorbing moisture from the air)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | hygroscopicus | hygroscopica | hygroscopicum | hygroscopicī | hygroscopicae | hygroscopica | |
| Genitive | hygroscopicī | hygroscopicae | hygroscopicī | hygroscopicōrum | hygroscopicārum | hygroscopicōrum | |
| Dative | hygroscopicō | hygroscopicō | hygroscopicīs | ||||
| Accusative | hygroscopicum | hygroscopicam | hygroscopicum | hygroscopicōs | hygroscopicās | hygroscopica | |
| Ablative | hygroscopicō | hygroscopicā | hygroscopicō | hygroscopicīs | |||
| Vocative | hygroscopice | hygroscopica | hygroscopicum | hygroscopicī | hygroscopicae | hygroscopica | |
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