nimbosus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nimˈboː.sus/, [nɪmˈboːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nimˈbo.sus/, [nimˈbɔːs̬us]

Adjective

nimbōsus (feminine nimbōsa, neuter nimbōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. stormy, rainy, surrounded by rain clouds
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.535–536:

     “cum subitō adsurgēns flūctū nimbōsus Ōrīōn
     in vada caeca tulit [...].”

     “When suddenly, with the waves rising, stormy Orion drove [our ships] onto hidden shoals [...].”

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nimbōsus	nimbōsa	nimbōsum		nimbōsī	nimbōsae	nimbōsa
genitive	nimbōsī	nimbōsae	nimbōsī		nimbōsōrum	nimbōsārum	nimbōsōrum
dative	nimbōsō	nimbōsae	nimbōsō		nimbōsīs
accusative	nimbōsum	nimbōsam	nimbōsum		nimbōsōs	nimbōsās	nimbōsa
ablative	nimbōsō	nimbōsā	nimbōsō		nimbōsīs
vocative	nimbōse	nimbōsa	nimbōsum		nimbōsī	nimbōsae	nimbōsa

References

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