ominosus

Latin

Etymology

From ōmen +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oː.miˈnoː.sus/, [oːmɪˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.miˈno.sus/, [omiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

ōminōsus (feminine ōminōsa, neuter ōminōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. foreboding, ominous, portentous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ōminōsus	ōminōsa	ōminōsum		ōminōsī	ōminōsae	ōminōsa
genitive	ōminōsī	ōminōsae	ōminōsī		ōminōsōrum	ōminōsārum	ōminōsōrum
dative	ōminōsō	ōminōsae	ōminōsō		ōminōsīs
accusative	ōminōsum	ōminōsam	ōminōsum		ōminōsōs	ōminōsās	ōminōsa
ablative	ōminōsō	ōminōsā	ōminōsō		ōminōsīs
vocative	ōminōse	ōminōsa	ōminōsum		ōminōsī	ōminōsae	ōminōsa

Related terms

• ōmen
• ōminōsē

Descendants

• English: ominous
• French: omineux
• Portuguese: ominoso
• Spanish: ominoso
• Italian: ominoso

References

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