numerosus
Latin
Etymology
From numerus + -osus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /nu.meˈroː.sus/, [nʊmɛˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nu.meˈro.sus/, [numeˈrɔːs̬us]
Adjective
numerōsus (feminine numerōsa, neuter numerōsum, adverb numerōsē or numerōsiter); first/second-declension adjective
- numerous, manifold, multiple, abundant
- full of harmony or rhythm; harmonious, melodious, rhythmical, measured
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | numerōsus | numerōsa | numerōsum | numerōsī | numerōsae | numerōsa | |
| Genitive | numerōsī | numerōsae | numerōsī | numerōsōrum | numerōsārum | numerōsōrum | |
| Dative | numerōsō | numerōsō | numerōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | numerōsum | numerōsam | numerōsum | numerōsōs | numerōsās | numerōsa | |
| Ablative | numerōsō | numerōsā | numerōsō | numerōsīs | |||
| Vocative | numerōse | numerōsa | numerōsum | numerōsī | numerōsae | numerōsa | |
Derived terms
- numerōsē
- numerōsitās
- numerōsiter
Related terms
- numerābilis
- numerālis
- numerārius
- numerātiō
- numerātor
- numerātus
- numerius
- numerō
Descendants
- Asturian: numberosu
- Catalan: nombrós
- Corsican: numerosu
- English: numerous
- French: nombreux
- Friulian: numerôs
- Italian: numeroso
- Occitan: nombrós
- Piedmontese: numeros
- Romanian: numeros
- Sicilian: nummirusu, nummurusu
- Spanish: numeroso
References
- “numerosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “numerosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- numerosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a numerous army: ingens, maximus exercitus (not numerosus)
- a numerous army: ingens, maximus exercitus (not numerosus)