omnivorus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /omˈni.u̯o.rus/, [ɔmˈniu̯ɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /omˈni.vo.rus/, [omˈniːvorus]

Adjective

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

1. eating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

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

References

• “omnĭvŏrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• omnĭvŏrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,079/3.
• “omniuorus” on page 1,249/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)