otiosus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ōtium (“leisure”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oː.tiˈoː.sus/, [oːt̪iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ot.t͡siˈo.sus/, [ot̪ː͡s̪iˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective edit
ōtiōsus (feminine ōtiōsa, neuter ōtiōsum, superlative ōtiōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- idle
- unemployed
- free from office
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ōtiōsus | ōtiōsa | ōtiōsum | ōtiōsī | ōtiōsae | ōtiōsa | |
| Genitive | ōtiōsī | ōtiōsae | ōtiōsī | ōtiōsōrum | ōtiōsārum | ōtiōsōrum | |
| Dative | ōtiōsō | ōtiōsō | ōtiōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | ōtiōsum | ōtiōsam | ōtiōsum | ōtiōsōs | ōtiōsās | ōtiōsa | |
| Ablative | ōtiōsō | ōtiōsā | ōtiōsō | ōtiōsīs | |||
| Vocative | ōtiōse | ōtiōsa | ōtiōsum | ōtiōsī | ōtiōsae | ōtiōsa | |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “otiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “otiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- otiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be at leisure: otiosum esse
- to spend one's leisure hours on an object: otiosum tempus consumere in aliqua re
- to devote all one's leisure moments to study: omne (otiosum) tempus in litteris consumere
- the money is bringing in no interest, lies idle: pecunia iacet otiosa
- to be at leisure: otiosum esse