herbosus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From herba (“grass, vegetation”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /herˈboː.sus/, [hɛrˈboːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /erˈbo.sus/, [erˈbɔːs̬us]
Adjective edit
herbōsus (feminine herbōsa, neuter herbōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- grassy, full of grass or herbs
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.367–368:
- ‘nōn pudet herbōsum’ dīxī ‘posuisse morētum
in dominae mēnsīs, an suā causā subest?’- ‘‘Is it not shameful,’’ I said, ‘‘to have placed a rustic dish full of herbs on the mistress’s tables, or is there some reason behind it?’’
(Ovid writes in poetic dialogue with the muse Erato, inquiring about the customs of the ancient Roman festival Megalesia, which honored Cybele, the mother goddess or Magna Mater during April. See also moretum.)
- ‘‘Is it not shameful,’’ I said, ‘‘to have placed a rustic dish full of herbs on the mistress’s tables, or is there some reason behind it?’’
- ‘nōn pudet herbōsum’ dīxī ‘posuisse morētum
- grass-colored
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | herbōsus | herbōsa | herbōsum | herbōsī | herbōsae | herbōsa | |
| Genitive | herbōsī | herbōsae | herbōsī | herbōsōrum | herbōsārum | herbōsōrum | |
| Dative | herbōsō | herbōsō | herbōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | herbōsum | herbōsam | herbōsum | herbōsōs | herbōsās | herbōsa | |
| Ablative | herbōsō | herbōsā | herbōsō | herbōsīs | |||
| Vocative | herbōse | herbōsa | herbōsum | herbōsī | herbōsae | herbōsa | |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “herbosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “herbosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- herbosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.