caenosus
Latin
Etymology
caenum (“dirt, filth”) + -ōsus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kae̯ˈnoː.sus/, [käe̯ˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈno.sus/, [t͡ʃeˈnɔːs̬us]
Adjective
caenōsus (feminine caenōsa, neuter caenōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- muddy, foul
- caenōsus gurges ― the foul whirlpool (an epithet for the Styx)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | caenōsus | caenōsa | caenōsum | caenōsī | caenōsae | caenōsa | |
| Genitive | caenōsī | caenōsae | caenōsī | caenōsōrum | caenōsārum | caenōsōrum | |
| Dative | caenōsō | caenōsō | caenōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | caenōsum | caenōsam | caenōsum | caenōsōs | caenōsās | caenōsa | |
| Ablative | caenōsō | caenōsā | caenōsō | caenōsīs | |||
| Vocative | caenōse | caenōsa | caenōsum | caenōsī | caenōsae | caenōsa | |
References
- “caenosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caenosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers