-vorus
See also: vorus
Latin
Etymology
vorō (“I devour, I eat greedily”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /wo.rus/, [wɔ.rʊs] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
-vorus m (feminine -vora, neuter -vorum); first/second declension
- (forms adjectives) -eating, -devouring
- carō (stem carn-) + -vorus → carnivorus
- omnis + -vorus → omnivorus
- rāna + -vorus → rānivorus
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -vorus | -vora | -vorum | -vorī | -vorae | -vora | |
| Genitive | -vorī | -vorae | -vorī | -vorōrum | -vorārum | -vorōrum | |
| Dative | -vorō | -vorae | -vorō | -vorīs | -vorīs | -vorīs | |
| Accusative | -vorum | -voram | -vorum | -vorōs | -vorās | -vora | |
| Ablative | -vorō | -vorā | -vorō | -vorīs | -vorīs | -vorīs | |
| Vocative | -vore | -vora | -vorum | -vorī | -vorae | -vora | |
Derived terms
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Descendants
- English: -vore, -vorous
- French: -vore
- Italian: -voro