alsius

See also: Alsius

Latin

Etymology 1

From algeō (“to feel cold”) +‎ -ius (adjectival suffix).

Alternative forms

• alsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.us/, [ˈäɫ̪s̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.us/, [ˈälsius]

Adjective

alsius (feminine alsia, neuter alsium); first/second-declension adjective

1. chilly, cold, cool
   • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 5.1015
   • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 4.8.1
   • c. 60 BCE – 54 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem 3.1

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	alsius	alsia	alsium		alsiī	alsiae	alsia
Genitive	alsiī	alsiae	alsiī		alsiōrum	alsiārum	alsiōrum
Dative	alsiō		alsiō		alsiīs
Accusative	alsium	alsiam	alsium		alsiōs	alsiās	alsia
Ablative	alsiō	alsiā	alsiō		alsiīs
Vocative	alsie	alsia	alsium		alsiī	alsiae	alsia

Derived terms

• alsiōsus

Related terms

• algidus
• algor
• algus

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.us/, [ˈäɫ̪s̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.us/, [ˈälsius]

Adjective

alsius

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular comparative degree of alsus

References

• “alsius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press