perosus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect active participle of perōdī (“hate very much”), also analysable as an intensified form of per- + ōsus, the perfect participle of ōdī. It replaced the prefix-less form in this function by the end of the Republic.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈroː.sus/, [pɛˈroː.sʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈro.sus/, [pɛˈrɔː.zus]
Adjective
perōsus (feminine perōsa, neuter perōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (active) hating, loathing, detesting, abhorring
- (passive, Late Latin) hated, loathed, hateful, odious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | perōsus | perōsa | perōsum | perōsī | perōsae | perōsa | |
| Genitive | perōsī | perōsae | perōsī | perōsōrum | perōsārum | perōsōrum | |
| Dative | perōsō | perōsō | perōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | perōsum | perōsam | perōsum | perōsōs | perōsās | perōsa | |
| Ablative | perōsō | perōsā | perōsō | perōsīs | |||
| Vocative | perōse | perōsa | perōsum | perōsī | perōsae | perōsa | |
Related terms
- ōsus
- exōsus
- ōdī
References
- perosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perosus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- “perōsus” on page 647 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)