insectivorus
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From īnsectum + -vorus (“-devouring”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.sekˈti.u̯o.rus/, [ĩːs̠ɛkˈt̪iu̯ɔrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.sekˈti.vo.rus/, [insekˈt̪iːvorus]
Adjective[edit]
īnsectivorus (feminine īnsectivora, neuter īnsectivorum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin, of animals) insectivorous, insect-eating
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | īnsectivorus | īnsectivora | īnsectivorum | īnsectivorī | īnsectivorae | īnsectivora | |
| Genitive | īnsectivorī | īnsectivorae | īnsectivorī | īnsectivorōrum | īnsectivorārum | īnsectivorōrum | |
| Dative | īnsectivorō | īnsectivorō | īnsectivorīs | ||||
| Accusative | īnsectivorum | īnsectivoram | īnsectivorum | īnsectivorōs | īnsectivorās | īnsectivora | |
| Ablative | īnsectivorō | īnsectivorā | īnsectivorō | īnsectivorīs | |||
| Vocative | īnsectivore | īnsectivora | īnsectivorum | īnsectivorī | īnsectivorae | īnsectivora | |
Descendants[edit]
- English: insectivorous
- French: insectivore
- English: insectivore
- Italian: insettivoro
- Portuguese: insectívoro
- Spanish: insectívoro