superstitiosus
Latin
Etymology
From superstitio + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /su.per.sti.tiˈoː.sus/, [s̠ʊpɛrs̠t̪ɪt̪iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.per.stit.t͡siˈo.sus/, [superst̪it̪ː͡s̪iˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective
superstitiōsus (feminine superstitiōsa, neuter superstitiōsum, comparative superstitiōsior); first/second-declension adjective
- superstitious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | superstitiōsus | superstitiōsa | superstitiōsum | superstitiōsī | superstitiōsae | superstitiōsa | |
| Genitive | superstitiōsī | superstitiōsae | superstitiōsī | superstitiōsōrum | superstitiōsārum | superstitiōsōrum | |
| Dative | superstitiōsō | superstitiōsō | superstitiōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | superstitiōsum | superstitiōsam | superstitiōsum | superstitiōsōs | superstitiōsās | superstitiōsa | |
| Ablative | superstitiōsō | superstitiōsā | superstitiōsō | superstitiōsīs | |||
| Vocative | superstitiōse | superstitiōsa | superstitiōsum | superstitiōsī | superstitiōsae | superstitiōsa | |
Related terms
- superstitiō
Descendants
- Catalan: supersticiós
- English: superstitious
- French: superstitieux
- Galician: supersticioso
- Italian: superstizioso
- Portuguese: supersticioso
- Spanish: supersticioso
References
- “superstitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “superstitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- superstitiosus 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)
- superstitiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette