villosus
Latin
Etymology
From villus (“hair”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /wilˈloː.sus/, [wɪlˈloː.sʊs]
Adjective
villōsus (feminine villōsa, neuter villōsum); first/second declension
- hairy, shaggy
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | villōsus | villōsa | villōsum | villōsī | villōsae | villōsa | |
Genitive | villōsī | villōsae | villōsī | villōsōrum | villōsārum | villōsōrum | |
Dative | villōsō | villōsae | villōsō | villōsīs | villōsīs | villōsīs | |
Accusative | villōsum | villōsam | villōsum | villōsōs | villōsās | villōsa | |
Ablative | villōsō | villōsā | villōsō | villōsīs | villōsīs | villōsīs | |
Vocative | villōse | villōsa | villōsum | villōsī | villōsae | villōsa |
Related terms
- villus
Descendants
- English: villous, fluff (possibly)
- French: villeux, velu, velouté
- Italian: velloso, villoso
- Portuguese: veloso, viloso
- Old Occitan: velos, veluet
- English: velvet
- Old French: velos, velor
- French: velours
- Spanish: velloso
References
- villosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- villosus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- villosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette