carnivorus
Latin
Etymology
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carō (“meat, flesh”, stem: carn-) + -vorus (“-eating, -devouring”, suffix forming adjectives)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /karˈni.u̯o.rus/, [kärˈniu̯ɔrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈni.vo.rus/, [kärˈniːvorus]
Adjective
carnivorus (feminine carnivora, neuter carnivorum); first/second-declension adjective
- (of animals) feeding on flesh, carnivorous, meat-eating
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | carnivorus | carnivora | carnivorum | carnivorī | carnivorae | carnivora | |
| Genitive | carnivorī | carnivorae | carnivorī | carnivorōrum | carnivorārum | carnivorōrum | |
| Dative | carnivorō | carnivorō | carnivorīs | ||||
| Accusative | carnivorum | carnivoram | carnivorum | carnivorōs | carnivorās | carnivora | |
| Ablative | carnivorō | carnivorā | carnivorō | carnivorīs | |||
| Vocative | carnivore | carnivora | carnivorum | carnivorī | carnivorae | carnivora | |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: carnivorous
- French: carnivore
- English: carnivore
- Italian: carnivoro
- Portuguese: carnívoro
- Spanish: carnívoro
References
- “carnĭvŏrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- carnivorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.