acerosus

Latin

Etymology

From acus (“husk of grain; chaff”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.keˈroː.sus/, [äkɛˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃeˈro.sus/, [ät͡ʃeˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

acerōsus (feminine acerōsa, neuter acerōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of chaff, mixed with chaff, having husks included, chaffy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	acerōsus	acerōsa	acerōsum		acerōsī	acerōsae	acerōsa
Genitive	acerōsī	acerōsae	acerōsī		acerōsōrum	acerōsārum	acerōsōrum
Dative	acerōsō		acerōsō		acerōsīs
Accusative	acerōsum	acerōsam	acerōsum		acerōsōs	acerōsās	acerōsa
Ablative	acerōsō	acerōsā	acerōsō		acerōsīs
Vocative	acerōse	acerōsa	acerōsum		acerōsī	acerōsae	acerōsa

Descendants

• English: acerose

References

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