numerose
English
Etymology
From Latin numerōsus (“numerous, abundant; harmonious”), from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numerous.
Adjective
numerose (comparative more numerose, superlative most numerose)
- Obsolete form of numerous.
- 1683, Walter Charleton, Three Anatomic Lectures (page 92)
- […] For, Mechanic Examples of this kind are every where so obvious to sense, and so numerose, that only to enumerate them would be a task hard and tediose.
- 1683, Walter Charleton, Three Anatomic Lectures (page 92)
Interlingua
Adjective
numerose (comparative plus numerose, superlative le plus numerose)
- numerous
Italian
Adjective
numerose f
- feminine plural of numeroso
Anagrams
- emunsero
Latin
Adverb
numerōsē (comparative numerōsius, superlative numerōsissimē)
- numerously, manifoldly, abundantly, plentifully
- harmoniously, melodically, rhythmically
Synonyms
- (rhythmically): numerōsiter
Related terms
- numerābilis
- numerālis
- numerārius
- numerātiō
- numerātor
- numerātus
- numerius
- numerō
- numerōsitās
- numerōsiter
- numerōsus
- numerus
References
- “numerose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “numerose”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- numerose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have a rhythmical cadence: numerose cadere
- his style has a well-balanced cadence: oratio numerose cadit
- to have a rhythmical cadence: numerose cadere