carotovorus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom carōta (“carrot”) + votō (“to devour”) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.roˈto.u̯o.rus/, [kärɔˈt̪ou̯ɔrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.roˈto.vo.rus/, [käroˈt̪ɔːvorus]
Adjective
editcarotovorus (feminine carotovora, neuter carotovorum); first/second-declension adjective
Usage notes
edit- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | carotovorus | carotovora | carotovorum | carotovorī | carotovorae | carotovora | |
Genitive | carotovorī | carotovorae | carotovorī | carotovorōrum | carotovorārum | carotovorōrum | |
Dative | carotovorō | carotovorō | carotovorīs | ||||
Accusative | carotovorum | carotovoram | carotovorum | carotovorōs | carotovorās | carotovora | |
Ablative | carotovorō | carotovorā | carotovorō | carotovorīs | |||
Vocative | carotovore | carotovora | carotovorum | carotovorī | carotovorae | carotovora |