vinosior
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vīnōsior (comparative, neuter vīnōsius); third declension
- comparative degree of vīnōsus
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.765–766:
- cūr ānus hoc faciat, quaeris? vīnōsior aetās
haec est et gravidae mūnera vītis amat- Why [is it that] an old woman does this, you ask? This stage of life is more fond of wine, and loves the gifts of the pregnant vine.
(Sacerdos Liberi were elderly priestesses who offered cakes with honey during the ancient Roman festival of Liberalia honoring Pater Liber, also known as Bacchus or the Greek Dionysus.)
- Why [is it that] an old woman does this, you ask? This stage of life is more fond of wine, and loves the gifts of the pregnant vine.
- cūr ānus hoc faciat, quaeris? vīnōsior aetās
- more vinous
Declension
[edit]Third-declension comparative adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | vīnōsior | vīnōsius | vīnōsiōrēs | vīnōsiōra | |
genitive | vīnōsiōris | vīnōsiōrum | |||
dative | vīnōsiōrī | vīnōsiōribus | |||
accusative | vīnōsiōrem | vīnōsius | vīnōsiōrēs vīnōsiōrīs |
vīnōsiōra | |
ablative | vīnōsiōre vīnōsiōrī |
vīnōsiōribus | |||
vocative | vīnōsior | vīnōsius | vīnōsiōrēs | vīnōsiōra |