abominosus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.boː.miˈnoː.sus/, [äboːmɪˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.bo.miˈno.sus/, [äbomiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

abōminōsus (feminine abōminōsa, neuter abōminōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of ill omens, portentous, ominous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	abōminōsus	abōminōsa	abōminōsum		abōminōsī	abōminōsae	abōminōsa
Genitive	abōminōsī	abōminōsae	abōminōsī		abōminōsōrum	abōminōsārum	abōminōsōrum
Dative	abōminōsō		abōminōsō		abōminōsīs
Accusative	abōminōsum	abōminōsam	abōminōsum		abōminōsōs	abōminōsās	abōminōsa
Ablative	abōminōsō	abōminōsā	abōminōsō		abōminōsīs
Vocative	abōminōse	abōminōsa	abōminōsum		abōminōsī	abōminōsae	abōminōsa

Synonyms

• (portentous): ōminōsus

Related terms

• abōminābilis
• abōmināmentum
• abōminātiō
• abōminor

Descendants

• English: abominous

References

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