carnivorus
Latin
Etymology
carō (“meat, flesh”, stem: carn-) + -vorus (“-eating, -devouring”, suffix forming adjectives)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /karˈni.wo.rus/, [karˈnɪ.wɔ.rʊs]
Adjective
carnivorus (feminine carnivora, neuter carnivorum); first/second declension
- (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.
| 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 | carnivorae | carnivorō | carnivorīs | carnivorīs | carnivorīs | |
| Accusative | carnivorum | carnivoram | carnivorum | carnivorōs | carnivorās | carnivora | |
| Ablative | carnivorō | carnivorā | carnivorō | carnivorīs | carnivorīs | carnivorīs | |
| Vocative | carnivore | carnivora | carnivorum | carnivorī | carnivorae | carnivora | |
Related terms
- carnis
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