voras

See also: Voras and -voras

Esperanto

Verb

voras

1. present of vori

Latin

Verb

vorās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of vorō

Lithuanian

Valgantis voras - an eating spider

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian vâris (“spider”). Further etymology unclear.

• Smoczyński proposed a connection with Lithuanian vérti (“to thread, to string”), although this is disputed by Witzcak due to unexplained phonological changes.
• Another theory is that it is connected to Latin vārus (“bow-legged”), Latin vāricus (“with feet spread apart”), as spiders have inwardly curved legs that are spaced apart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋoɾɐs]

Noun

vóras m (plural voraĩ) stress pattern 3

1. spider

Declension

Declension of vóras

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	vóras	voraĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	vóro	vorų̃
dative (naudininkas)	vórui	voráms
accusative (galininkas)	vórą	vórus
instrumental (įnagininkas)	vóru	voraĩs
locative (vietininkas)	vorè	voruosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	vóre	voraĩ

Derived terms

• voragyvis
• voratinklis

References

• “voras”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “voras”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012