morosus
Latin
Etymology 1
mōs + -ōsus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moːˈroː.sus/, [moːˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈro.sus/, [moˈrɔːs̬us]
Adjective
mōrōsus (feminine mōrōsa, neuter mōrōsum, comparative mōrōsior, superlative mōrōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- captious, persnickety, fastidious, difficult (to please)
- peevish, wayward, capricious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mōrōsus | mōrōsa | mōrōsum | mōrōsī | mōrōsae | mōrōsa | |
| Genitive | mōrōsī | mōrōsae | mōrōsī | mōrōsōrum | mōrōsārum | mōrōsōrum | |
| Dative | mōrōsō | mōrōsō | mōrōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | mōrōsum | mōrōsam | mōrōsum | mōrōsōs | mōrōsās | mōrōsa | |
| Ablative | mōrōsō | mōrōsā | mōrōsō | mōrōsīs | |||
| Vocative | mōrōse | mōrōsa | mōrōsum | mōrōsī | mōrōsae | mōrōsa | |
Derived terms
- mōrōsē
- mōrōsitās
Related terms
- mōs
Descendants
- English: morose
Etymology 2
mora (“delay”) + -ōsus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈroː.sus/, [mɔˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈro.sus/, [moˈrɔːs̬us]
Adjective
morōsus (feminine morōsa, neuter morōsum, comparative mōrōsior, superlative mōrōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- slow (in coming), lingering
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | morōsus | morōsa | morōsum | morōsī | morōsae | morōsa | |
| Genitive | morōsī | morōsae | morōsī | morōsōrum | morōsārum | morōsōrum | |
| Dative | morōsō | morōsō | morōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | morōsum | morōsam | morōsum | morōsōs | morōsās | morōsa | |
| Ablative | morōsō | morōsā | morōsō | morōsīs | |||
| Vocative | morōse | morōsa | morōsum | morōsī | morōsae | morōsa | |
Derived terms
- morōsitās (Mediaeval)
Related terms
- mora
- moror
Descendants
- French: morose
References
- “morosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “morosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- morosus 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)
- morosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette