-vorus

See also: vorus

Latin

Etymology

From vorō (“to devour, to eat greedily”) + -us (forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɔ.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vo.rus] (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-vorus (feminine -vora, neuter -vorum); first/second-declension suffix

1. (forms adjectives) -eating, -devouring

   carō (stem carn-) + -vorus → carnivorus

   omnis + -vorus → omnivorus

   rāna + -vorus → rānivorus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-vorus	-vora	-vorum		-vorī	-vorae	-vora
genitive	-vorī	-vorae	-vorī		-vorōrum	-vorārum	-vorōrum
dative	-vorō	-vorae	-vorō		-vorīs
accusative	-vorum	-voram	-vorum		-vorōs	-vorās	-vora
ablative	-vorō	-vorā	-vorō		-vorīs
vocative	-vore	-vora	-vorum		-vorī	-vorae	-vora

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -vorus

cadaverivorus

carnivorus

frugivorus

herbivorus

insectivorus

omnivorus

ranivorus

Descendants

• English: -vore, -vorous
• French: -vore
• Italian: -voro
• Romanian: -vor
• Sicilian: -vuru