carotovorus

Latin

Etymology

From carōta (“carrot”) + votō (“to devour”) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.roˈto.u̯o.rus/, [kärɔˈt̪ou̯ɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.roˈto.vo.rus/, [käroˈt̪ɔːvorus]

Adjective

carotovorus (feminine carotovora, neuter carotovorum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) carrot-eating

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	carotovorus	carotovora	carotovorum		carotovorī	carotovorae	carotovora
genitive	carotovorī	carotovorae	carotovorī		carotovorōrum	carotovorārum	carotovorōrum
dative	carotovorō	carotovorae	carotovorō		carotovorīs
accusative	carotovorum	carotovoram	carotovorum		carotovorōs	carotovorās	carotovora
ablative	carotovorō	carotovorā	carotovorō		carotovorīs
vocative	carotovore	carotovora	carotovorum		carotovorī	carotovorae	carotovora