spinosus

Latin

Etymology

From spīna (“thorn”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spiːˈnoː.sus/, [s̠piːˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spiˈno.sus/, [spiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

spīnōsus (feminine spīnōsa, neuter spīnōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. thorny, prickly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	spīnōsus	spīnōsa	spīnōsum		spīnōsī	spīnōsae	spīnōsa
Genitive	spīnōsī	spīnōsae	spīnōsī		spīnōsōrum	spīnōsārum	spīnōsōrum
Dative	spīnōsō		spīnōsō		spīnōsīs
Accusative	spīnōsum	spīnōsam	spīnōsum		spīnōsōs	spīnōsās	spīnōsa
Ablative	spīnōsō	spīnōsā	spīnōsō		spīnōsīs
Vocative	spīnōse	spīnōsa	spīnōsum		spīnōsī	spīnōsae	spīnōsa

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: schinos
  • Romanian: spinos
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: spinoso
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: èpenox
  • French: épineux
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: espinós
  • Occitan: espinós
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: espiñoso
  • Portuguese: espinhoso
  • Spanish: espinoso
• Borrowings:
• → English: spinose, spinous

References

• “spinosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spinosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spinosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.