suffixfirst/second-declension suffix
-vorus
-vorus (feminine -vora, neuter -vorum)
Classical[wɔ.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[vo.rus]
Meaning
- morphemesuffix-eating, -devouring
carō (stem carn-) + -vorus → carnivorus
omnis + -vorus → omnivorus
Origins
From vorō (“to devour, to eat greedily”) + -us (forming adjectives).
Descendants
- English-vore
- English-vorous
- French-vore
- Italian-voro
- Romanian-vor
- Sicilian-vuru