facinorosus

facinorosus

Latin

Etymology

From facinus, facinoris (“crime, wickedness”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fa.ki.noˈroː.sus/, [fa.kɪ.nɔˈroː.sʊs]

Adjective

facinorōsus (feminine facinorōsa, neuter facinorōsum, comparative facinorōsior, superlative facinorōsissimus); first/second declension

1. criminal, villainous
   • 1766, Clement XIII, Christianae Reipublicae salus, quoted in 1832 by Gregory XVI in Mirari Vos

     […] nunquam enim materia subtrahetur erroris, nisi pravitatis facinorosa elementa in flammis combusta depereant.

2. atrocious, vicious

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	facinorōsus	facinorōsa	facinorōsum		facinorōsī	facinorōsae	facinorōsa
Genitive	facinorōsī	facinorōsae	facinorōsī		facinorōsōrum	facinorōsārum	facinorōsōrum
Dative	facinorōsō	facinorōsae	facinorōsō		facinorōsīs	facinorōsīs	facinorōsīs
Accusative	facinorōsum	facinorōsam	facinorōsum		facinorōsōs	facinorōsās	facinorōsa
Ablative	facinorōsō	facinorōsā	facinorōsō		facinorōsīs	facinorōsīs	facinorōsīs
Vocative	facinorōse	facinorōsa	facinorōsum		facinorōsī	facinorōsae	facinorōsa

Descendants

• Portuguese: facinoroso

References

• facinorosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• facinorosus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• facinorosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette