viviparus

Latin

Etymology

vīvus (“alive”) +‎ pariō (“I bear [offspring]”) +‎ -us (suffix forming adjectives)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iːˈu̯i.pa.rus/, [u̯iːˈu̯ɪpärʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈvi.pa.rus/, [viˈviːpärus]

Adjective

vīviparus (feminine vīvipara, neuter vīviparum); first/second-declension adjective

1. that brings forth its young alive, viviparous

   Coordinate term: ōviparus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vīviparus	vīvipara	vīviparum		vīviparī	vīviparae	vīvipara
Genitive	vīviparī	vīviparae	vīviparī		vīviparōrum	vīviparārum	vīviparōrum
Dative	vīviparō		vīviparō		vīviparīs
Accusative	vīviparum	vīviparam	vīviparum		vīviparōs	vīviparās	vīvipara
Ablative	vīviparō	vīviparā	vīviparō		vīviparīs
Vocative	vīvipare	vīvipara	vīviparum		vīviparī	vīviparae	vīvipara

Descendants

• → English: viviparous (learned)
• → French: vivipare (learned)
• → Italian: viviparo (learned)
• → Portuguese: vivíparo (learned)
• → Russian: живородя́щий (živorodjáščij) (calque)
• → Spanish: vivíparo (learned)
• ⇒ Translingual: Zoarces viviparus, Zootoca vivipara

References

• “vīvĭpărus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vīvĭpărus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,687/3.
• “uīuiparus” on page 2,082/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)