nodosus

Latin

Etymology

nōdus +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /noːˈdoː.sus/, [noːˈd̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈdo.sus/, [noˈd̪ɔːs̬us]

Adjective

nōdōsus (feminine nōdōsa, neuter nōdōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. knotty, knobby
2. (figuratively) tangled, intricate, difficult

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nōdōsus	nōdōsa	nōdōsum		nōdōsī	nōdōsae	nōdōsa
Genitive	nōdōsī	nōdōsae	nōdōsī		nōdōsōrum	nōdōsārum	nōdōsōrum
Dative	nōdōsō		nōdōsō		nōdōsīs
Accusative	nōdōsum	nōdōsam	nōdōsum		nōdōsōs	nōdōsās	nōdōsa
Ablative	nōdōsō	nōdōsā	nōdōsō		nōdōsīs
Vocative	nōdōse	nōdōsa	nōdōsum		nōdōsī	nōdōsae	nōdōsa

Related terms

• nōdō
• nōdōsē
• nōdōsitās
• nōdulus
• nōdus

Descendants

• Catalan: nuós
• → English: nodose
• Italian: nodoso
• Old French: noous
  • French: noueux
  • Norman: noueux
• Portuguese: nodoso
• Romanian: nodos
• Spanish: nudoso
• → Spanish: nodoso

References

• “nodosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nodosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nodosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nodosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.