meticulosus

Latin

Alternative forms

• metūculōsus

Etymology

From metus (“fear”) + -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus (“perilous”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.ti.kuˈloː.sus/, [mɛt̪ɪkʊˈɫ̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.ti.kuˈlo.sus/, [met̪ikuˈlɔːs̬us]

Adjective

meticulōsus (feminine meticulōsa, neuter meticulōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of fear, fearful, timid

   Nullus est hoc meticulosus aeque.

   No one is as careful as him.

2. frightful, terrible

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	meticulōsus	meticulōsa	meticulōsum		meticulōsī	meticulōsae	meticulōsa
Genitive	meticulōsī	meticulōsae	meticulōsī		meticulōsōrum	meticulōsārum	meticulōsōrum
Dative	meticulōsō		meticulōsō		meticulōsīs
Accusative	meticulōsum	meticulōsam	meticulōsum		meticulōsōs	meticulōsās	meticulōsa
Ablative	meticulōsō	meticulōsā	meticulōsō		meticulōsīs
Vocative	meticulōse	meticulōsa	meticulōsum		meticulōsī	meticulōsae	meticulōsa

Descendants

• → Catalan: meticulós
• → English: meticulous
• → French: méticuleux
• → Galician: meticuloso
• → Italian: meticoloso
• → Portuguese: meticuloso
• → Romanian: meticulos
• → Sicilian: miticulusu
• → Spanish: meticuloso

References

• “meticulosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meticulosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.