English → Latin
“carnivorous” in Latin
carōflesh, meat of an animal; pulp of a fruit; soft part of a precious stonevēscorto eat, feed upon; to make use of, enjoy, use; to eatcarnivorusfeeding on flesh, carnivorous, meat-eating
The English word carnivorous itself goes back to Latin carō, through carnivorus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
carnivorous
qui came, or carnibus, vescitur: carnivorus (Plin., 9, 24, 40, and 10, 73, 93).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for carnivorous?
- The usual Latin words for “carnivorous” are carō, vēscor, carnivorus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.