muscosus

Latin

Etymology

mūscus (“moss”) +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /muːsˈkoː.sus/, [muːs̠ˈkoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /musˈko.sus/, [musˈkɔːs̬us]

Adjective

mūscōsus (feminine mūscōsa, neuter mūscōsum, comparative mūscōsior, adverb mūscōsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of moss, mossy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mūscōsus	mūscōsa	mūscōsum		mūscōsī	mūscōsae	mūscōsa
genitive	mūscōsī	mūscōsae	mūscōsī		mūscōsōrum	mūscōsārum	mūscōsōrum
dative	mūscōsō	mūscōsae	mūscōsō		mūscōsīs
accusative	mūscōsum	mūscōsam	mūscōsum		mūscōsōs	mūscōsās	mūscōsa
ablative	mūscōsō	mūscōsā	mūscōsō		mūscōsīs
vocative	mūscōse	mūscōsa	mūscōsum		mūscōsī	mūscōsae	mūscōsa

References

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