-vorus

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See also: vorus

Latin

Etymology

vorō (“I devour, I eat greedily”) +‎ -us (suffix forming adjectives)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯o.rus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vo.rus/, (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-vorus (feminine -vora, neuter -vorum); first/second-declension suffix

(forms adjectives) -eating, -devouring
carō (stem carn-) + -vorus → carnivorus

omnis + -vorus → omnivorus

rāna + -vorus → rānivorus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	-vorus	-vora	-vorum		-vorī	-vorae	-vora
genitive	-vorī	-vorae	-vorī		-vorōrum	-vorārum	-vorōrum
dative	-vorō	-vorae	-vorō		-vorīs
accusative	-vorum	-voram	-vorum		-vorōs	-vorās	-vora
ablative	-vorō	-vorā	-vorō		-vorīs
vocative	-vore	-vora	-vorum		-vorī	-vorae	-vora

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -vorus

Descendants

English: -vore, -vorous
French: -vore
Italian: -voro
Sicilian: -vuru

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