oviparus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ōvum (“egg”) + pariō (“to bear [offspring]”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈu̯i.pa.rus/, [oːˈu̯ɪpärʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈvi.pa.rus/, [oˈviːpärus]
Adjective[edit]
ōviparus (feminine ōvipara, neuter ōviparum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Late Latin) oviparous, egglaying
- Coordinate term: vīviparus
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ōviparus | ōvipara | ōviparum | ōviparī | ōviparae | ōvipara | |
| Genitive | ōviparī | ōviparae | ōviparī | ōviparōrum | ōviparārum | ōviparōrum | |
| Dative | ōviparō | ōviparō | ōviparīs | ||||
| Accusative | ōviparum | ōviparam | ōviparum | ōviparōs | ōviparās | ōvipara | |
| Ablative | ōviparō | ōviparā | ōviparō | ōviparīs | |||
| Vocative | ōvipare | ōvipara | ōviparum | ōviparī | ōviparae | ōvipara | |
Descendants[edit]
- → English: oviparous (learned)
- → French: ovipare (learned)
- → Italian: oviparo (learned)
- → Portuguese: ovíparo (learned)
- → Sicilian: uvìparu (learned)
- → Spanish: ovíparo (learned)
Further reading[edit]
- “oviparus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- oviparus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.