undosus

Latin

Etymology

unda +‎ -ōsus

Adjective

undōsus (feminine undōsa, neuter undōsum, comparative undōsior, superlative undōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. abounding in waves, full of waves, flowing water, etc., wavy, stormy, surging, billowy
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.311–313:

     “[...] Quid, sī nōn arva aliēna domōsque
     ignōtās peterēs, sed Troia antīqua manēret,
     Troia per undōsum peterētur classibus aequor?”

     “Tell me why? – If you were not seeking foreign fields and unknown abodes, but instead ancient Troy remained standing, whyever would you aim your ships homewards across a storm-tossed sea?”

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	undōsus	undōsa	undōsum		undōsī	undōsae	undōsa
genitive	undōsī	undōsae	undōsī		undōsōrum	undōsārum	undōsōrum
dative	undōsō	undōsae	undōsō		undōsīs
accusative	undōsum	undōsam	undōsum		undōsōs	undōsās	undōsa
ablative	undōsō	undōsā	undōsō		undōsīs
vocative	undōse	undōsa	undōsum		undōsī	undōsae	undōsa

Descendants

• Aromanian: undos
• Catalan: ondós
• Italian: ondoso
• Portuguese: undoso
• Romanian: undos
• Spanish: ondoso, undoso

References

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