morbosus

Latin

Etymology

morbus (“sickness”) +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /morˈboː.sus/, [mɔrˈboːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /morˈbo.sus/, [morˈbɔːs̬us]

Adjective

morbōsus (feminine morbōsa, neuter morbōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diseased, sick, ill

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	morbōsus	morbōsa	morbōsum		morbōsī	morbōsae	morbōsa
genitive	morbōsī	morbōsae	morbōsī		morbōsōrum	morbōsārum	morbōsōrum
dative	morbōsō	morbōsae	morbōsō		morbōsīs
accusative	morbōsum	morbōsam	morbōsum		morbōsōs	morbōsās	morbōsa
ablative	morbōsō	morbōsā	morbōsō		morbōsīs
vocative	morbōse	morbōsa	morbōsum		morbōsī	morbōsae	morbōsa

Descendants

• English: morbose
• Spanish: morboso
• Italian: morboso
• Romanian: morbos

References

• “morbosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “morbosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers