viviparus
See also: Viviparus
Latin
Etymology
vīvus (“alive”) + pariō (“I bear [offspring]”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wiːˈwɪ.pa.rʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [viˈviː.pa.rus]
Adjective
vīviparus (feminine vīvipara, neuter vīviparum); first/second-declension adjective
- that brings forth its young alive, viviparous
- Coordinate term: ōviparus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | vīviparus | vīvipara | vīviparum | vīviparī | vīviparae | vīvipara | |
| genitive | vīviparī | vīviparae | vīviparī | vīviparōrum | vīviparārum | vīviparōrum | |
| dative | vīviparō | vīviparae | vīviparō | vīviparīs | |||
| accusative | vīviparum | vīviparam | vīviparum | vīviparōs | vīviparās | vīvipara | |
| ablative | vīviparō | vīviparā | vīviparō | vīviparīs | |||
| vocative | vīvipare | vīvipara | vīviparum | vīviparī | vīviparae | vīvipara | |
Descendants
- → Catalan: vivípar (learned)
- → English: viviparous (learned)
- → French: vivipare (learned)
- → Italian: viviparo (learned)
- → Portuguese: vivíparo (learned)
- → Russian: живородя́щий (živorodjáščij) (calque)
- → Spanish: vivíparo (learned)
- → Sicilian: vivìparu (learned)
- ⇒ Translingual: Zoarces viviparus, Zootoca vivipara
References
- “vīvĭpărus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vīvĭpărus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,687/3.
- “uīuiparus” on page 2,082/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)