omnivorus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der.

Proto-Italic *opnis

Latin omnis

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂

Proto-Italic *worā

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin vorō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Archaic Latin -os

Latin -us

Latin -vorus

Latin omnivorus

From omnis (“all”, “everything”) + -vorus (“-eating”, “-devouring”, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔmˈnɪ.wɔ.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [omˈniː.vo.rus]

Adjective

omnivorus (feminine omnivora, neuter omnivorum); first/second-declension adjective

1. eating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous
   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 25.49:

     Bibunt autem vaccinum, quoniam boves omnivori fere sunt in herbis.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	omnivorus	omnivora	omnivorum		omnivorī	omnivorae	omnivora
genitive	omnivorī	omnivorae	omnivorī		omnivorōrum	omnivorārum	omnivorōrum
dative	omnivorō	omnivorae	omnivorō		omnivorīs
accusative	omnivorum	omnivoram	omnivorum		omnivorōs	omnivorās	omnivora
ablative	omnivorō	omnivorā	omnivorō		omnivorīs
vocative	omnivore	omnivora	omnivorum		omnivorī	omnivorae	omnivora

Synonyms

• (all-devouring): omnivorāns (New Latin)

Descendants

• Asturian: omnívoru
• → English: omnivore
• → Finnish: omnivori
• Galician: omnívoro
• Italian: onnivoro
• → Portuguese: omnívoro
• Sicilian: unnìvuru
• Spanish: omnívoro
• ⇒ Translingual: Omnivoropteryx

See also

• omnicarpus

References

• “omnĭvŏrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “omnĭvŏrus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,079/3.
• “omniuorus” on page 1,249/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)