umbraticola
Latin
Etymology
From umbra (“shadow, shade”) + colō (“I inhabit”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊm.braːˈtɪ.kɔ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [um.braˈt̪iː.ko.la]
Noun
umbrāticola m (genitive umbrāticolae); first declension
- one who is fond of the shade
- an effeminate person
- a lounger
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | umbrāticola | umbrāticolae |
| genitive | umbrāticolae | umbrāticolārum |
| dative | umbrāticolae | umbrāticolīs |
| accusative | umbrāticolam | umbrāticolās |
| ablative | umbrāticolā | umbrāticolīs |
| vocative | umbrāticola | umbrāticolae |
References
- “umbraticola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “umbraticola”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.