carnivorus
Latin
editEtymology
editcarō (“meat, flesh”, stem: carn-) + -vorus (“-eating, -devouring”, suffix forming adjectives)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /karˈni.u̯o.rus/, [kärˈniu̯ɔrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈni.vo.rus/, [kärˈniːvorus]
Adjective
editcarnivorus (feminine carnivora, neuter carnivorum); first/second-declension adjective
- (of animals) feeding on flesh, carnivorous, meat-eating
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | carnivorus | carnivora | carnivorum | carnivorī | carnivorae | carnivora | |
Genitive | carnivorī | carnivorae | carnivorī | carnivorōrum | carnivorārum | carnivorōrum | |
Dative | carnivorō | carnivorō | carnivorīs | ||||
Accusative | carnivorum | carnivoram | carnivorum | carnivorōs | carnivorās | carnivora | |
Ablative | carnivorō | carnivorā | carnivorō | carnivorīs | |||
Vocative | carnivore | carnivora | carnivorum | carnivorī | carnivorae | carnivora |
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “carnĭvŏrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- carnivorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ker- (cut)
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷerh₃-
- Latin terms suffixed with -vorus
- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin first and second declension adjectives
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