viscivorus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From viscum (“mistletoe”) + vorō (“to devour”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯isˈki.u̯o.rus/, [u̯ɪs̠ˈkiu̯ɔrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viʃˈʃi.vo.rus/, [viʃˈʃiːvorus]
Adjective[edit]
viscivorus (feminine viscivora, neuter viscivorum); first/second-declension adjective
Usage notes[edit]
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | viscivorus | viscivora | viscivorum | viscivorī | viscivorae | viscivora | |
| Genitive | viscivorī | viscivorae | viscivorī | viscivorōrum | viscivorārum | viscivorōrum | |
| Dative | viscivorō | viscivorō | viscivorīs | ||||
| Accusative | viscivorum | viscivoram | viscivorum | viscivorōs | viscivorās | viscivora | |
| Ablative | viscivorō | viscivorā | viscivorō | viscivorīs | |||
| Vocative | viscivore | viscivora | viscivorum | viscivorī | viscivorae | viscivora | |