omnicarpus
Latin
Etymology
From omnis (“every, each, all”) + caper (“goat”) + -us (adjective forming suffix), with metathesis of the second word in the compound. Compare Varro, in De Lingua Latina, mentioning a Sabine form of the word capra: carpa.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔm.nɪˈkar.pʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [om.niˈkar.pus]
Adjective
omnicarpus (feminine omnicarpa, neuter omnicarpum); first/second-declension adjective
- (of a grazing animal) That crops everything
- Hypernym: herbivorus
Usage notes
- Used especially to describe goats
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | omnicarpus | omnicarpa | omnicarpum | omnicarpī | omnicarpae | omnicarpa | |
| genitive | omnicarpī | omnicarpae | omnicarpī | omnicarpōrum | omnicarpārum | omnicarpōrum | |
| dative | omnicarpō | omnicarpae | omnicarpō | omnicarpīs | |||
| accusative | omnicarpum | omnicarpam | omnicarpum | omnicarpōs | omnicarpās | omnicarpa | |
| ablative | omnicarpō | omnicarpā | omnicarpō | omnicarpīs | |||
| vocative | omnicarpe | omnicarpa | omnicarpum | omnicarpī | omnicarpae | omnicarpa | |
See also
References
- “omnicarpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- omnicarpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.