litterosus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From litterae (“letters, learning”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lit.teˈroː.sus/, [lʲɪt̪ːɛˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lit.teˈro.sus/, [lit̪ːeˈrɔːs̬us]
Adjective edit
litterōsus (feminine litterōsa, neuter litterōsum, comparative litterōsior, superlative litterōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- (hapax) cultured, learned
- C.E. 4th C., Nonius Marcellus (author), W. M. Lindsay (editor), Dē compendiōsā doctrīnā (1903), page 193:
- Litterōsus, litterātus. Cassius Hēmīna Annālium lib. III: 'homō merē litterōsus'.
- Litterōsus means cultured. Cassius Hemina in the third book of the Annals: 'a man wholly cultured'.
- Litterōsus, litterātus. Cassius Hēmīna Annālium lib. III: 'homō merē litterōsus'.
- C.E. 4th C., Nonius Marcellus (author), W. M. Lindsay (editor), Dē compendiōsā doctrīnā (1903), page 193:
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | litterōsus | litterōsa | litterōsum | litterōsī | litterōsae | litterōsa | |
| Genitive | litterōsī | litterōsae | litterōsī | litterōsōrum | litterōsārum | litterōsōrum | |
| Dative | litterōsō | litterōsō | litterōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | litterōsum | litterōsam | litterōsum | litterōsōs | litterōsās | litterōsa | |
| Ablative | litterōsō | litterōsā | litterōsō | litterōsīs | |||
| Vocative | litterōse | litterōsa | litterōsum | litterōsī | litterōsae | litterōsa | |
See also edit
References edit
- “litterosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- litterosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.