amylovorus

Latin

Etymology

From amylum (“starch”) + vorō (“to devour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.myˈlo.u̯o.rus/, [ämʏˈɫ̪ou̯ɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.miˈlo.vo.rus/, [ämiˈlɔːvorus]

Adjective

amylovorus (feminine amylovora, neuter amylovorum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) starch-eating

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	amylovorus	amylovora	amylovorum		amylovorī	amylovorae	amylovora
Genitive	amylovorī	amylovorae	amylovorī		amylovorōrum	amylovorārum	amylovorōrum
Dative	amylovorō		amylovorō		amylovorīs
Accusative	amylovorum	amylovoram	amylovorum		amylovorōs	amylovorās	amylovora
Ablative	amylovorō	amylovorā	amylovorō		amylovorīs
Vocative	amylovore	amylovora	amylovorum		amylovorī	amylovorae	amylovora