omnivorus
Latin
Etymology
omnis (“all”, “everything”) + -vorus (“-eating”, “-devouring”, suffix forming adjectives)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /omˈni.u̯o.rus/, [ɔmˈniu̯ɔrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /omˈni.vo.rus/, [omˈniːvorus]
Adjective
omnivorus (feminine omnivora, neuter omnivorum); first/second-declension adjective
- eating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | omnivorus | omnivora | omnivorum | omnivorī | omnivorae | omnivora | |
| Genitive | omnivorī | omnivorae | omnivorī | omnivorōrum | omnivorārum | omnivorōrum | |
| Dative | omnivorō | 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
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)
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