montuosus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mōns (“mountain”) + -ōsus (“full of”, suffix forming an augmentative adjective).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /mon.tuˈoː.sus/, [mɔn̪t̪uˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mon.tuˈo.sus/, [mon̪t̪uˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective
[edit]montuōsus (feminine montuōsa, neuter montuōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- mountainous, full of mountains
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | montuōsus | montuōsa | montuōsum | montuōsī | montuōsae | montuōsa | |
| genitive | montuōsī | montuōsae | montuōsī | montuōsōrum | montuōsārum | montuōsōrum | |
| dative | montuōsō | montuōsae | montuōsō | montuōsīs | |||
| accusative | montuōsum | montuōsam | montuōsum | montuōsōs | montuōsās | montuōsa | |
| ablative | montuōsō | montuōsā | montuōsō | montuōsīs | |||
| vocative | montuōse | montuōsa | montuōsum | montuōsī | montuōsae | montuōsa | |
Descendants
[edit]- Aromanian: muntos
- French: montueux
- Italian: montuoso
- Middle English: mountuous, mountewous, montuous
- English: montuous
- Portuguese: montuoso
- Romanian: muntos
- Spanish: montuoso
References
[edit]- “montuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “montuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- montuosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- rough and hilly ground: loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)
- rough and hilly ground: loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)