insectivorus
Latin
Etymology
From īnsectum + -vorus (“-devouring”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩː.sɛkˈtɪ.wɔ.rʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.sekˈt̪iː.vo.rus]
Adjective
īnsectivorus (feminine īnsectivora, neuter īnsectivorum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin, of animals) insectivorous, insect-eating
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | īnsectivorus | īnsectivora | īnsectivorum | īnsectivorī | īnsectivorae | īnsectivora | |
| genitive | īnsectivorī | īnsectivorae | īnsectivorī | īnsectivorōrum | īnsectivorārum | īnsectivorōrum | |
| dative | īnsectivorō | īnsectivorae | īnsectivorō | īnsectivorīs | |||
| accusative | īnsectivorum | īnsectivoram | īnsectivorum | īnsectivorōs | īnsectivorās | īnsectivora | |
| ablative | īnsectivorō | īnsectivorā | īnsectivorō | īnsectivorīs | |||
| vocative | īnsectivore | īnsectivora | īnsectivorum | īnsectivorī | īnsectivorae | īnsectivora | |
Descendants
- English: insectivorous
- French: insectivore
- English: insectivore
- Italian: insettivoro
- Portuguese: insectívoro
- Spanish: insectívoro