hygroscopicus
Latin
Etymology
Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós, “moist”) + Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”) + -icus
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hy.ɡrɔsˈkɔ.pɪ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.ɡrosˈkɔː.pi.kus]
Adjective
hygroscopicus (feminine hygroscopica, neuter hygroscopicum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) hygroscopic (readily absorbing moisture from the air)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | hygroscopicus | hygroscopica | hygroscopicum | hygroscopicī | hygroscopicae | hygroscopica | |
| genitive | hygroscopicī | hygroscopicae | hygroscopicī | hygroscopicōrum | hygroscopicārum | hygroscopicōrum | |
| dative | hygroscopicō | hygroscopicae | hygroscopicō | hygroscopicīs | |||
| accusative | hygroscopicum | hygroscopicam | hygroscopicum | hygroscopicōs | hygroscopicās | hygroscopica | |
| ablative | hygroscopicō | hygroscopicā | hygroscopicō | hygroscopicīs | |||
| vocative | hygroscopice | hygroscopica | hygroscopicum | hygroscopicī | hygroscopicae | hygroscopica | |