venosus

Latin

Etymology

From vēna (“a blood vessel, vein”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eːˈnoː.sus/, [u̯eːˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈno.sus/, [veˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

vēnōsus (feminine vēnōsa, neuter vēnōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (literal) full of veins, veiny, venous
2. (figurative) dry, meagre

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vēnōsus	vēnōsa	vēnōsum		vēnōsī	vēnōsae	vēnōsa
Genitive	vēnōsī	vēnōsae	vēnōsī		vēnōsōrum	vēnōsārum	vēnōsōrum
Dative	vēnōsō		vēnōsō		vēnōsīs
Accusative	vēnōsum	vēnōsam	vēnōsum		vēnōsōs	vēnōsās	vēnōsa
Ablative	vēnōsō	vēnōsā	vēnōsō		vēnōsīs
Vocative	vēnōse	vēnōsa	vēnōsum		vēnōsī	vēnōsae	vēnōsa

Descendants

vēnōsus

• Aromanian: vinos, vinosu
• → English: venous, venose
• → Italian: venoso
• → Portuguese: venoso
• Romanian: vânos
• → Sardinian: venosu, benosu
• → Spanish: venoso

References

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