oleosus

Latin

Etymology

From oleum (“olive oil”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.leˈoː.sus/, [ɔɫ̪eˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.leˈo.sus/, [oleˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

oleōsus (feminine oleōsa, neuter oleōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. oily; full of oil

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	oleōsus	oleōsa	oleōsum		oleōsī	oleōsae	oleōsa
genitive	oleōsī	oleōsae	oleōsī		oleōsōrum	oleōsārum	oleōsōrum
dative	oleōsō	oleōsae	oleōsō		oleōsīs
accusative	oleōsum	oleōsam	oleōsum		oleōsōs	oleōsās	oleōsa
ablative	oleōsō	oleōsā	oleōsō		oleōsīs
vocative	oleōse	oleōsa	oleōsum		oleōsī	oleōsae	oleōsa

Related terms

• olea
• oleāceus
• oleāmen
• oleāris
• oleārius
• oleātus
• oleum

Descendants

• Italian: oleoso
• Portuguese: oleoso
• Sicilian: ugghiusu
• Spanish: oleoso

References

• “oleosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oleosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.