oviparus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ōvum (“egg”) pariō (“to bear [offspring]”) -us (suffix forming adjectives)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oːˈu̯i.pa.rus/, [oːˈu̯ɪpärʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈvi.pa.rus/, [oˈviːpärus]
Adjective
[edit]ōviparus (feminine ōvipara, neuter ōviparum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Late Latin) oviparous, egglaying
- Coordinate term: vīviparus
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- → Catalan: ovípar (learned)
- → English: oviparous (learned)
- → French: ovipare (learned)
- → Italian: oviparo (learned)
- → Portuguese: ovíparo (learned)
- → Sicilian: uvìparu (learned)
- → Spanish: ovíparo (learned)
Further reading
[edit]- “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.