alsiosus

Latin

Etymology

From alsius (“chilly, cold, cool”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /al.siˈoː.sus/, [äɫ̪s̠iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.siˈo.sus/, [älsiˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

alsiōsus (feminine alsiōsa, neuter alsiōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1.  easily freezing, susceptible to cold
   • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Agricultural Topics 2.3.6:

     Stabulatur pecus melius, ad hibernos exortos si spectat, quod est alsiosum.

     It is better to have the goat stalls face the sunrise in winter, as the animals feel the cold acutely.

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	alsiōsus	alsiōsa	alsiōsum		alsiōsī	alsiōsae	alsiōsa
genitive	alsiōsī	alsiōsae	alsiōsī		alsiōsōrum	alsiōsārum	alsiōsōrum
dative	alsiōsō	alsiōsae	alsiōsō		alsiōsīs
accusative	alsiōsum	alsiōsam	alsiōsum		alsiōsōs	alsiōsās	alsiōsa
ablative	alsiōsō	alsiōsā	alsiōsō		alsiōsīs
vocative	alsiōse	alsiōsa	alsiōsum		alsiōsī	alsiōsae	alsiōsa

References

• “alsiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alsiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.