omnicarpus

Latin

Etymology

From omnis (“every, each, all”) +‎ caper (“goat”) +‎ -us (adjective forming suffix), with metathesis of the second word in the compound. Compare Varro, in De Lingua Latina, mentioning a Sabine form of the word capra: carpa.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /om.niˈkar.pus/, [ɔmnɪˈkärpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /om.niˈkar.pus/, [omniˈkärpus]

Adjective

omnicarpus (feminine omnicarpa, neuter omnicarpum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (of a grazing animal) That crops everything

Usage notes

• Used especially to describe goats

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	omnicarpus	omnicarpa	omnicarpum		omnicarpī	omnicarpae	omnicarpa
Genitive	omnicarpī	omnicarpae	omnicarpī		omnicarpōrum	omnicarpārum	omnicarpōrum
Dative	omnicarpō		omnicarpō		omnicarpīs
Accusative	omnicarpum	omnicarpam	omnicarpum		omnicarpōs	omnicarpās	omnicarpa
Ablative	omnicarpō	omnicarpā	omnicarpō		omnicarpīs
Vocative	omnicarpe	omnicarpa	omnicarpum		omnicarpī	omnicarpae	omnicarpa

References

• “omnicarpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• omnicarpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.