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carnivorus
carnivorus
Latin
Adjective
carnivorus m (feminine carnivora, neuter carnivorum); first/second declension
- (of animals) feeding on flesh, carnivorous, meat-eating
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | carnivorus | carnivora | carnivorum | carnivorī | carnivorae | carnivora | |
| genitive | carnivorī | carnivorae | carnivorī | carnivorōrum | carnivorārum | carnivorōrum | |
| dative | carnivorō | carnivorō | carnivorīs | ||||
| accusative | carnivorum | carnivoram | carnivorum | carnivorōs | carnivorās | carnivora | |
| ablative | carnivorō | carnivorā | carnivorō | carnivorīs | |||
| vocative | carnivore | carnivora | carnivorum | carnivorī | carnivorae | carnivora | |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: carnivorous
- French: carnivore
- English: carnivore
- Italian: carnivoro
- ?Portuguese: carnívoro
- ?Spanish: carnívoro
References
- carnĭvŏrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “carnivorus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.