omnivorus
Latin
editEtymology
editomnis (“all”, “everything”) + -vorus (“-eating”, “-devouring”, suffix forming adjectives)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /omˈni.u̯o.rus/, [ɔmˈniu̯ɔrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /omˈni.vo.rus/, [omˈniːvorus]
Adjective
editomnivorus (feminine omnivora, neuter omnivorum); first/second-declension adjective
- eating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | omnivorus | omnivora | omnivorum | omnivorī | omnivorae | omnivora | |
Genitive | omnivorī | omnivorae | omnivorī | omnivorōrum | omnivorārum | omnivorōrum | |
Dative | omnivorō | omnivorō | omnivorīs | ||||
Accusative | omnivorum | omnivoram | omnivorum | omnivorōs | omnivorās | omnivora | |
Ablative | omnivorō | omnivorā | omnivorō | omnivorīs | |||
Vocative | omnivore | omnivora | omnivorum | omnivorī | omnivorae | omnivora |
Synonyms
edit- (all-devouring): omnivorāns (New Latin)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “omnĭvŏrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- omnĭvŏrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,079/3.
- “omniuorus” on page 1,249/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ep-
- 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
- Requests for quotations/Pliny the Elder