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omnivorus

omnivorus

Latin

Adjective

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

eating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Declension

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
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

References

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