oviparus

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Latin

Etymology

ōvum (“egg”) +‎ pariō (“to bear ”) +‎ -us (suffix forming adjectives)

Pronunciation

Adjective

ōviparus (feminine ōvipara, neuter ōviparum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) oviparous, egglaying
    Coordinate term: vīviparus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ōviparus ōvipara ōviparum ōviparī ōviparae ōvipara
genitive ōviparī ōviparae ōviparī ōviparōrum ōviparārum ōviparōrum
dative ōviparō ōviparae ōviparō ōviparīs
accusative ōviparum ōviparam ōviparum ōviparōs ōviparās ōvipara
ablative ōviparō ōviparā ōviparō ōviparīs
vocative ōvipare ōvipara ōviparum ōviparī ōviparae ōvipara

Descendants

  • → Catalan: ovípar (learned)
  • → English: oviparous (learned)
  • → French: ovipare (learned)
  • → Italian: oviparo (learned)
  • → Portuguese: ovíparo (learned)
  • → Sicilian: uvìparu (learned)
  • → Spanish: ovíparo (learned)

Further reading

  • “oviparus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • oviparus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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