fascinosus

Latin

Etymology

From fascinum +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fas.kiˈnoː.sus/, [fäs̠kɪˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faʃ.ʃiˈno.sus/, [fäʃːiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

fascinōsus (feminine fascinōsa, neuter fascinōsum, comparative fascinōsior); first/second-declension adjective

1. (vulgar) well-endowed, having a large penis
   • 1st century CE, anonymous, Carmina Priapea 79:

     Priāpe, quod sīs fascinō gravis tentō,
     quod exprobrāvit hanc tibi suō versū
     poēta noster, ērubēscere hōc nōlī:
     nōn es poētā fascinōsior nostrō.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fascinōsus	fascinōsa	fascinōsum		fascinōsī	fascinōsae	fascinōsa
genitive	fascinōsī	fascinōsae	fascinōsī		fascinōsōrum	fascinōsārum	fascinōsōrum
dative	fascinōsō	fascinōsae	fascinōsō		fascinōsīs
accusative	fascinōsum	fascinōsam	fascinōsum		fascinōsōs	fascinōsās	fascinōsa
ablative	fascinōsō	fascinōsā	fascinōsō		fascinōsīs
vocative	fascinōse	fascinōsa	fascinōsum		fascinōsī	fascinōsae	fascinōsa

References

• fascinosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• fascinosus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “fascinosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press