vertiginosus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from vertīgō (oblique stem vertīgin-) +‎ -ōsus (“-ous”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯er.tiː.ɡiˈnoː.sus/, [u̯ɛrt̪iːɡɪˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver.ti.d͡ʒiˈno.sus/, [vert̪id͡ʒiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

vertīginōsus (feminine vertīginōsa, neuter vertīginōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Suffering from vertigo or giddiness.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vertīginōsus	vertīginōsa	vertīginōsum		vertīginōsī	vertīginōsae	vertīginōsa
genitive	vertīginōsī	vertīginōsae	vertīginōsī		vertīginōsōrum	vertīginōsārum	vertīginōsōrum
dative	vertīginōsō	vertīginōsae	vertīginōsō		vertīginōsīs
accusative	vertīginōsum	vertīginōsam	vertīginōsum		vertīginōsōs	vertīginōsās	vertīginōsa
ablative	vertīginōsō	vertīginōsā	vertīginōsō		vertīginōsīs
vocative	vertīginōse	vertīginōsa	vertīginōsum		vertīginōsī	vertīginōsae	vertīginōsa

Descendants

• → English: vertiginous
• French: vertigineux
• Italian: vertiginoso
• Portuguese: vertiginoso
• Spanish: vertiginoso

Noun

vertīginōsus m (genitive vertīginōsī); second declension

1. One who suffers from vertigo or giddiness.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vertīginōsus	vertīginōsī
genitive	vertīginōsī	vertīginōsōrum
dative	vertīginōsō	vertīginōsīs
accusative	vertīginōsum	vertīginōsōs
ablative	vertīginōsō	vertīginōsīs
vocative	vertīginōse	vertīginōsī

References

• “vertiginosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vertiginosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vertiginosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.