Latin edit

Etymology edit

From brūma +‎ -ōsus. Brūma is derived from brevima, brevissima (shortest), the superlative of brevis (brief; short) (the winter solstice being the shortest day of the year), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (brief, short).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

brūmōsus (feminine brūmōsa, neuter brūmōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) wintry
    • ca. 690, Aldhelm, Epistulae 5, (as quoted in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources):
      ex Hiberniae brumosis circionis insulae climatibus
      from the wintry climate of the Irish northwestern island
  2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) Alternative form of brōmōsus; stinking, fetid, foul-smelling
    • author lived 344/345–411 CE, Tyrannius Rufinus, De Vitis Patrum 3, (as quoted in the Du Cange dictionary):
      Et cum fœteret brumosa aqua odore, non permittebat, ut aliam aquam mutarent.
      And although the foul water smelled bad, he didn't allow others to change the water.
    • 1544, ?, Aesculapius: de morborum ... cura liber experimentarius medicinae , (Strasbourg: published by John Schottum):
      ructant melancholici frequenter calidum, brumosum, fumosum.
      The melancholic [i.e. those with excessive black bile] often belch something hot, foul-smelling, smoky.

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative brūmōsus brūmōsa brūmōsum brūmōsī brūmōsae brūmōsa
Genitive brūmōsī brūmōsae brūmōsī brūmōsōrum brūmōsārum brūmōsōrum
Dative brūmōsō brūmōsō brūmōsīs
Accusative brūmōsum brūmōsam brūmōsum brūmōsōs brūmōsās brūmōsa
Ablative brūmōsō brūmōsā brūmōsō brūmōsīs
Vocative brūmōse brūmōsa brūmōsum brūmōsī brūmōsae brūmōsa

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: bromós
  • Italian: brumoso
  • French: brumeux
  • Spanish: brumoso
  • Occitan: brumós

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