strigosus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From striga (“furrow, strip”) + -ōsus (“full of”), referring to the hollow grooves between the ribs that appear in lean bodies.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /striˈɡoː.sus/, [s̠t̪rɪˈɡoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /striˈɡo.sus/, [st̪riˈɡɔːs̬us]
Adjective
[edit]strigōsus (feminine strigōsa, neuter strigōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- lean, meagre
- c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 4.20.11:
- equum nimis strigōsum et male habitum, sed equitem eius ūberrimum et habitissimum vīdērunt
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | strigōsus | strigōsa | strigōsum | strigōsī | strigōsae | strigōsa | |
| genitive | strigōsī | strigōsae | strigōsī | strigōsōrum | strigōsārum | strigōsōrum | |
| dative | strigōsō | strigōsae | strigōsō | strigōsīs | |||
| accusative | strigōsum | strigōsam | strigōsum | strigōsōs | strigōsās | strigōsa | |
| ablative | strigōsō | strigōsā | strigōsō | strigōsīs | |||
| vocative | strigōse | strigōsa | strigōsum | strigōsī | strigōsae | strigōsa | |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “strigosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “strigosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- strigosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- strigosus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung