morosus
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /moːˈroː.sus/, [moːˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈro.sus/, [moˈrɔːs̬us]
Adjective
[edit]mōrōsus (feminine mōrōsa, neuter mōrōsum, comparative mōrōsior, superlative mōrōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- captious, persnickety, fastidious, difficult (to please)
- peevish, wayward, capricious
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | mōrōsus | mōrōsa | mōrōsum | mōrōsī | mōrōsae | mōrōsa | |
| genitive | mōrōsī | mōrōsae | mōrōsī | mōrōsōrum | mōrōsārum | mōrōsōrum | |
| dative | mōrōsō | mōrōsae | mōrōsō | mōrōsīs | |||
| accusative | mōrōsum | mōrōsam | mōrōsum | mōrōsōs | mōrōsās | mōrōsa | |
| ablative | mōrōsō | mōrōsā | mōrōsō | mōrōsīs | |||
| vocative | mōrōse | mōrōsa | mōrōsum | mōrōsī | mōrōsae | mōrōsa | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: morose
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /moˈroː.sus/, [mɔˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈro.sus/, [moˈrɔːs̬us]
Adjective
[edit]morōsus (feminine morōsa, neuter morōsum, comparative mōrōsior, superlative mōrōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | morōsus | morōsa | morōsum | morōsī | morōsae | morōsa | |
| genitive | morōsī | morōsae | morōsī | morōsōrum | morōsārum | morōsōrum | |
| dative | morōsō | morōsae | morōsō | morōsīs | |||
| accusative | morōsum | morōsam | morōsum | morōsōs | morōsās | morōsa | |
| ablative | morōsō | morōsā | morōsō | morōsīs | |||
| vocative | morōse | morōsa | morōsum | morōsī | morōsae | morōsa | |
Derived terms
[edit]- morōsitās (Mediaeval)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- French: morose
References
[edit]- “morosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “morosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- morosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- morosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.