luctuosus

Latin

Etymology

From lūctus (“mourning, lamentation”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːk.tuˈoː.sus/, [ɫ̪uːkt̪uˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luk.tuˈo.sus/, [lukt̪uˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

lūctuōsus (feminine lūctuōsa, neuter lūctuōsum, comparative lūctuōsior, superlative lūctuōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. sorrowful, sad
2. lamentable, doleful, mournful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lūctuōsus	lūctuōsa	lūctuōsum		lūctuōsī	lūctuōsae	lūctuōsa
Genitive	lūctuōsī	lūctuōsae	lūctuōsī		lūctuōsōrum	lūctuōsārum	lūctuōsōrum
Dative	lūctuōsō		lūctuōsō		lūctuōsīs
Accusative	lūctuōsum	lūctuōsam	lūctuōsum		lūctuōsōs	lūctuōsās	lūctuōsa
Ablative	lūctuōsō	lūctuōsā	lūctuōsō		lūctuōsīs
Vocative	lūctuōse	lūctuōsa	lūctuōsum		lūctuōsī	lūctuōsae	lūctuōsa

Descendants

• Galician: loitosa; luctuoso (borrowing)
• Romanian: luctuos (borrowing)

References

• “luctuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “luctuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• luctuosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.