musculosus

Latin

Etymology

From mūsculus (“a little mouse; a muscle”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /muːs.kuˈloː.sus/, [muːs̠kʊˈɫ̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mus.kuˈlo.sus/, [muskuˈlɔːs̬us]

Adjective

mūsculōsus (feminine mūsculōsa, neuter mūsculōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. muscular, fleshy; musculous

   Synonyms: lacertōsus, torōsus

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mūsculōsus	mūsculōsa	mūsculōsum		mūsculōsī	mūsculōsae	mūsculōsa
Genitive	mūsculōsī	mūsculōsae	mūsculōsī		mūsculōsōrum	mūsculōsārum	mūsculōsōrum
Dative	mūsculōsō		mūsculōsō		mūsculōsīs
Accusative	mūsculōsum	mūsculōsam	mūsculōsum		mūsculōsōs	mūsculōsās	mūsculōsa
Ablative	mūsculōsō	mūsculōsā	mūsculōsō		mūsculōsīs
Vocative	mūsculōse	mūsculōsa	mūsculōsum		mūsculōsī	mūsculōsae	mūsculōsa

Derived terms

• Mūsclōsus (contraction)

Related terms

• mūsculāris
• mūsculus

Descendants

Descendants of mūsculōsus in other languages

• Aromanian: mushcljos
• → Middle French: musculeux
  • French: musculeux
  • Middle English:
    • English: musculous
• Italian: muscoloso
• → Portuguese: musculoso
• Romanian: mușchios
• → Romanian: musculos
• → Russian: мускули́стый (muskulístyj)
• → Spanish: musculoso

References

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