litterosus

Latin

Etymology

From litterae (“letters, learning”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lit.teˈroː.sus/, [lʲɪt̪ːɛˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lit.teˈro.sus/, [lit̪ːeˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

litterōsus (feminine litterōsa, neuter litterōsum, comparative litterōsior, superlative litterōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. (hapax) cultured, learned
   • C.E. 4th C., Nonius Marcellus (author), W. M. Lindsay (editor), Dē compendiōsā doctrīnā (1903), page 193:

     Litterōsus, litterātus. Cassius Hēmīna Annālium lib. III: 'homō merē litterōsus'.

     Litterōsus means cultured. Cassius Hemina in the third book of the Annals: 'a man wholly cultured'.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	litterōsus	litterōsa	litterōsum		litterōsī	litterōsae	litterōsa
genitive	litterōsī	litterōsae	litterōsī		litterōsōrum	litterōsārum	litterōsōrum
dative	litterōsō	litterōsae	litterōsō		litterōsīs
accusative	litterōsum	litterōsam	litterōsum		litterōsōs	litterōsās	litterōsa
ablative	litterōsō	litterōsā	litterōsō		litterōsīs
vocative	litterōse	litterōsa	litterōsum		litterōsī	litterōsae	litterōsa

See also

• littera
• litterātus

References

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