gingivalis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin gingīva

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin gingīvālis

From gingīva (“gum(s)”) + -ālis.

Adjective

gingīvālis (neuter gingīvāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) A specific epithet for several organisms associated with the gums

Usage notes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	gingīvālis	gingīvāle		gingīvālēs	gingīvālia
genitive	gingīvālis			gingīvālium
dative	gingīvālī			gingīvālibus
accusative	gingīvālem	gingīvāle		gingīvālīs gingīvālēs	gingīvālia
ablative	gingīvālī			gingīvālibus
vocative	gingīvālis	gingīvāle		gingīvālēs	gingīvālia

Derived terms

• Entamoeba gingivalis
• Porphyromonas gingivalis