montuosus
Latin
Alternative forms
- montōsus
Etymology
From mōns (“mountain”) + -ōsus (“full of”, suffix forming an augmentative adjective).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mon.tuˈoː.sus/, [mɔn̪t̪uˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mon.tuˈo.sus/, [mon̪t̪uˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective
montuōsus (feminine montuōsa, neuter montuōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- mountainous, full of mountains
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | montuōsus | montuōsa | montuōsum | montuōsī | montuōsae | montuōsa | |
| Genitive | montuōsī | montuōsae | montuōsī | montuōsōrum | montuōsārum | montuōsōrum | |
| Dative | montuōsō | montuōsō | montuōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | montuōsum | montuōsam | montuōsum | montuōsōs | montuōsās | montuōsa | |
| Ablative | montuōsō | montuōsā | montuōsō | montuōsīs | |||
| Vocative | montuōse | montuōsa | montuōsum | montuōsī | montuōsae | montuōsa | |
Descendants
- Aromanian: muntos
- French: montueux
- Italian: montuoso
- Middle English: mountuous
- English: montuous
- Portuguese: montuoso
- Romanian: muntos
- Spanish: montuoso
References
- “montuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “montuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- montuosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- rough and hilly ground: loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)
- rough and hilly ground: loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)