oviparus

Latin

Etymology

ōvum (“egg”) +‎ pariō (“to bear [offspring]”) +‎ -us (suffix forming adjectives)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oːˈu̯i.pa.rus/, [oːˈu̯ɪpärʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈvi.pa.rus/, [oˈviːpärus]

Adjective

ōviparus (feminine ōvipara, neuter ōviparum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) oviparous, egglaying

   Coordinate term: vīviparus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ōviparus	ōvipara	ōviparum		ōviparī	ōviparae	ōvipara
Genitive	ōviparī	ōviparae	ōviparī		ōviparōrum	ōviparārum	ōviparōrum
Dative	ōviparō		ōviparō		ōviparīs
Accusative	ōviparum	ōviparam	ōviparum		ōviparōs	ōviparās	ōvipara
Ablative	ōviparō	ōviparā	ōviparō		ōviparīs
Vocative	ōvipare	ōvipara	ōviparum		ōviparī	ōviparae	ōvipara

Descendants

• → English: oviparous (learned)
• → French: ovipare (learned)
• → Italian: oviparo (learned)
• → Portuguese: ovíparo (learned)
• → Sicilian: uvìparu (learned)
• → Spanish: ovíparo (learned)

Further reading

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