ominosus

ominosus

Latin

Etymology

From ōmen + -osus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oː.miˈnoː.sus/, [oː.mɪˈnoː.sʊs]

Adjective

ōminōsus (feminine ōminōsa, neuter ōminōsum); first/second declension

1. foreboding, ominous, portentous

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ōminōsus	ōminōsa	ōminōsum		ōminōsī	ōminōsae	ōminōsa
Genitive	ōminōsī	ōminōsae	ōminōsī		ōminōsōrum	ōminōsārum	ōminōsōrum
Dative	ōminōsō	ōminōsae	ōminōsō		ōminōsīs	ōminōsīs	ōminōsīs
Accusative	ōminōsum	ōminōsam	ōminōsum		ōminōsōs	ōminōsās	ōminōsa
Ablative	ōminōsō	ōminōsā	ōminōsō		ōminōsīs	ōminōsīs	ōminōsīs
Vocative	ōminōse	ōminōsa	ōminōsum		ōminōsī	ōminōsae	ōminōsa

Related terms

• ōmen
• ōminōsē

Descendants

• English: ominous

References

• ominosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ominosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette