nivosus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ous”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niˈu̯oː.sus/, [niˈu̯oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈvo.sus/, [niˈvɔːs̬us]

Adjective

nivōsus (feminine nivōsa, neuter nivōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of snow, snowy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nivōsus	nivōsa	nivōsum		nivōsī	nivōsae	nivōsa
genitive	nivōsī	nivōsae	nivōsī		nivōsōrum	nivōsārum	nivōsōrum
dative	nivōsō	nivōsae	nivōsō		nivōsīs
accusative	nivōsum	nivōsam	nivōsum		nivōsōs	nivōsās	nivōsa
ablative	nivōsō	nivōsā	nivōsō		nivōsīs
vocative	nivōse	nivōsa	nivōsum		nivōsī	nivōsae	nivōsa

Related terms

• nix
• nivātus
• nivālis
• niveus

Descendants

• Catalan: nevós
• Friulian: nevôs
• Italian: nevoso
• Occitan: nevós
• Portuguese: nevoso
• Romanian: neios
• Sicilian: nivusu
• Spanish: nevoso
• → French: Nivôse, nivôse

References

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