omnicarpus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /om.niˈkar.pus/, [ɔmnɪˈkärpʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /om.niˈkar.pus/, [omniˈkärpus]
Adjective
editomnicarpus (feminine omnicarpa, neuter omnicarpum); first/second-declension adjective
- (of a grazing animal) That crops everything
Usage notes
edit- Used especially to describe goats
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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
edit- “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.