controversiosus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]contrōversus (“controversial”) + -ōsus
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.troː.u̯er.siˈoː.sus/, [kɔn̪t̪roːu̯ɛrs̠iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.tro.ver.siˈo.sus/, [kon̪t̪roversiˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective
[edit]contrōversiōsus (feminine contrōversiōsa, neuter contrōversiōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (rare) highly controversial, subject to much dispute
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
References
[edit]- “controversiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “controversiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers