lignosus

Latin

Etymology

From lignum +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liɡˈnoː.sus/, [lʲɪŋˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liɲˈɲo.sus/, [liɲˈɲɔːs̬us]

Adjective

lignōsus (feminine lignōsa, neuter lignōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. woodlike
2. having kernel

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lignōsus	lignōsa	lignōsum		lignōsī	lignōsae	lignōsa
genitive	lignōsī	lignōsae	lignōsī		lignōsōrum	lignōsārum	lignōsōrum
dative	lignōsō	lignōsae	lignōsō		lignōsīs
accusative	lignōsum	lignōsam	lignōsum		lignōsōs	lignōsās	lignōsa
ablative	lignōsō	lignōsā	lignōsō		lignōsīs
vocative	lignōse	lignōsa	lignōsum		lignōsī	lignōsae	lignōsa

Descendants

• Aromanian: limnos
• Asturian: lleñosu
• → French: ligneux
• Friulian: legnôs
• Galician: leñoso
• Italian: legnoso
• Portuguese: lenhoso
• Romanian: lemnos
• Sardinian: linnósu
• Sicilian: lignusu
• Spanish: leñoso
• Venetan: legnoxo

References

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