sucosus

See also: sūcošus

Latin

Alternative forms

• sūccōsus

Etymology

From sūcus (“juice, sap”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suːˈkoː.sus/, [s̠uːˈkoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈko.sus/, [suˈkɔːs̬us]

Adjective

sūcōsus (feminine sūcōsa, neuter sūcōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of juice or moisture; juicy, sappy, succulent
2. wealthy, rich

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sūcōsus	sūcōsa	sūcōsum		sūcōsī	sūcōsae	sūcōsa
genitive	sūcōsī	sūcōsae	sūcōsī		sūcōsōrum	sūcōsārum	sūcōsōrum
dative	sūcōsō	sūcōsae	sūcōsō		sūcōsīs
accusative	sūcōsum	sūcōsam	sūcōsum		sūcōsōs	sūcōsās	sūcōsa
ablative	sūcōsō	sūcōsā	sūcōsō		sūcōsīs
vocative	sūcōse	sūcōsa	sūcōsum		sūcōsī	sūcōsae	sūcōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: sucós
• Italian: succoso, sugoso
• Portuguese: sucoso
• Spanish: jugoso

References

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