-vorus

See also: vorus

Latin

Etymology

vorō (“I devour, I eat greedily”) +‎ -us (suffix forming adjectives)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯o.rus/, [u̯ɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vo.rus/, [vorus] (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-vorus (feminine -vora, neuter -vorum); first/second-declension suffix

1. (forms adjectives) -eating, -devouring

   carō (stem carn-) + -vorus → carnivorus

   omnis + -vorus → omnivorus

   rāna + -vorus → rānivorus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-vorus	-vora	-vorum		-vorī	-vorae	-vora
Genitive	-vorī	-vorae	-vorī		-vorōrum	-vorārum	-vorōrum
Dative	-vorō		-vorō		-vorīs
Accusative	-vorum	-voram	-vorum		-vorōs	-vorās	-vora
Ablative	-vorō	-vorā	-vorō		-vorīs
Vocative	-vore	-vora	-vorum		-vorī	-vorae	-vora

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -vorus

Descendants

• English: -vore, -vorous
• French: -vore
• Italian: -voro
• Sicilian: -vuru