acetosus

Latin

Etymology

acētum +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.keːˈtoː.sus/, [äkeːˈt̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃeˈto.sus/, [ät͡ʃeˈt̪ɔːs̬us]

Adjective

acētōsus (feminine acētōsa, neuter acētōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) sorrel

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	acētōsus	acētōsa	acētōsum		acētōsī	acētōsae	acētōsa
Genitive	acētōsī	acētōsae	acētōsī		acētōsōrum	acētōsārum	acētōsōrum
Dative	acētōsō		acētōsō		acētōsīs
Accusative	acētōsum	acētōsam	acētōsum		acētōsōs	acētōsās	acētōsa
Ablative	acētōsō	acētōsā	acētōsō		acētōsīs
Vocative	acētōse	acētōsa	acētōsum		acētōsī	acētōsae	acētōsa

Related terms

• acētōsella

Descendants

• Old French: aisin
  • → Middle Dutch: aisine, aysijn, aysine
    • Dutch: azijn
      • Afrikaans: asyn
        • → Northern Sotho: asene
        • → Sotho: asene
        • → Tswana: asêine
        • → Xhosa: asine
      • Negerhollands: assin, azin, asien
      • → Aukan: asin
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: ásin
      • → Caribbean Javanese: asèn
      • → Ga: asin
      • → Sranan Tongo: asin
    • Limburgish: azien, ezien

References

• acetosus 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)