eroso

eroso

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈro.zo/, [eˈr̺oːz̪o]
• Hyphenation: e‧ró‧so

Etymology 1

Past participle of erodere.

Participle

eroso m (feminine singular erosa, masculine plural erosi, feminine plural erose)

1. past participle of erodere

Adjective

eroso (feminine singular erosa, masculine plural erosi, feminine plural erose)

1. eroded

Etymology 2

From Latin aerōsus (“full of copper”), derived from aes (“copper; bronze; brass”).

Adjective

eroso (feminine singular erosa, masculine plural erosi, feminine plural erose)

1. (literary, of coins) containing copper
   • 1804, Cesare Beccaria, “Parte quarta, Capitolo II. “Della moneta” [Fourth part, Chapter 2: “Of the coin”]”, in Elementi di economia pubblica [Elements of Public Economics]‎, collected in Opere di Cesare Beccaria – volume secondo, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, published 1822, page 271:

     monete […] miste di molto rame e di pochissimo argento, e tali monete furono chiamate monete erose nel linguaggio economico

     Coins with much copper and very little silver, and such coins were dubbed “coppery coins” in the argot of economics

Anagrams

• oserò, roseo

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Latin

Participle

ērōsō

1. dative masculine singular of ērōsus
2. dative neuter singular of ērōsus
3. ablative masculine singular of ērōsus
4. ablative neuter singular of ērōsus