omnivorus

Latin

Etymology

omnis (“all”, “everything”) +‎ -vorus (“-eating”, “-devouring”, suffix forming adjectives)

Pronunciation

Adjective

omnivorus (feminine omnivora, neuter omnivorum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. eating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous
    • 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Natural History 25.49:
      Bibunt autem vaccinum, quoniam boves omnivori fere sunt in herbis.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative omnivorus omnivora omnivorum omnivorī omnivorae omnivora
genitive omnivorī omnivorae omnivorī omnivorōrum omnivorārum omnivorōrum
dative omnivorō omnivorae 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

  • Asturian: omnívoru
  • → English: omnivore
  • → Finnish: omnivori
  • Galician: omnívoro
  • Italian: onnivoro
  • → Portuguese: omnívoro
  • Sicilian: unnìvuru
  • Spanish: omnívoro

See also

References

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