petrosus

Latin

Etymology

From petra (“rock, crag, stone”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ous”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peˈtroː.sus/, [pɛˈt̪roːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈtro.sus/, [peˈt̪rɔːs̬us]

Adjective

petrōsus (feminine petrōsa, neuter petrōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of rocks, rocky

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	petrōsus	petrōsa	petrōsum		petrōsī	petrōsae	petrōsa
Genitive	petrōsī	petrōsae	petrōsī		petrōsōrum	petrōsārum	petrōsōrum
Dative	petrōsō		petrōsō		petrōsīs
Accusative	petrōsum	petrōsam	petrōsum		petrōsōs	petrōsās	petrōsa
Ablative	petrōsō	petrōsā	petrōsō		petrōsīs
Vocative	petrōse	petrōsa	petrōsum		petrōsī	petrōsae	petrōsa

Derived terms

• petrōsa (noun)

Descendants

Descendants of petrosus in other languages

• Aromanian: chitros
• Asturian: pedrosu
• Catalan: pedrós, petrós
• English: petrosal, petrous
• French: pétreux, pierreux
• Galician: pedroso
• Italian: petroso, pietroso
• Occitan: peirós
• Portuguese: pedroso, petroso
• Romanian: pietros
• Sicilian: pitrusu
• Spanish: pedroso, petroso

References

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