adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
cadāverivorus
cadāverivorus (feminine cadāverivora, neuter cadāverivorum)
Classical[ka.daː.wɛˈrɪ.wɔ.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[ka.da.veˈriː.vo.rus]
Meaning
- New Latinadjectivecarrion eating, necrophagous
De Monedularum, Cornicumque c) affinitate cum Corvo Corace nemo unquam dubitavit. Hunc rapacem, foetidum & cadaverivorum, Accipitribus nonnihil conjunctum
No one ever doubted the affinity of the jackdaw and the crow with the common raven. This rapacious, fetid, and necrophagous thing is connected by some with the hawks.1783, Hermann, Johanne, Tabula Affinitatum Animalium, John Georgius Treutell, page 199:
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cadāverivorus | cadāverivora | cadāverivorum |
| genitive | cadāverivorī | cadāverivorae | cadāverivorī |
| dative | cadāverivorō | cadāverivorae | cadāverivorō |
| accusative | cadāverivorum | cadāverivoram | cadāverivorum |
| ablative | cadāverivorō | cadāverivorā | cadāverivorō |
| vocative | cadāverivore | cadāverivora | cadāverivorum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cadāverivorī | cadāverivorae | cadāverivora |
| genitive | cadāverivorōrum | cadāverivorārum | cadāverivorōrum |
| dative | cadāverivorīs | cadāverivorīs | cadāverivorīs |
| accusative | cadāverivorōs | cadāverivorās | cadāverivora |
| ablative | cadāverivorīs | cadāverivorīs | cadāverivorīs |
| vocative | cadāverivorī | cadāverivorae | cadāverivora |
Origins
From cadāver + -vorus (“-eating”, “-devouring”, suffix forming adjectives).