calamitosus

Latin

Etymology

From calamitās +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.la.miˈtoː.sus/, [käɫ̪ämɪˈt̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.la.miˈto.sus/, [kälämiˈt̪ɔːs̬us]

Adjective

calamitōsus (feminine calamitōsa, neuter calamitōsum, comparative calamitōsior, superlative calamitōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. calamitous, disastrous, ruinous, destructive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	calamitōsus	calamitōsa	calamitōsum		calamitōsī	calamitōsae	calamitōsa
Genitive	calamitōsī	calamitōsae	calamitōsī		calamitōsōrum	calamitōsārum	calamitōsōrum
Dative	calamitōsō		calamitōsō		calamitōsīs
Accusative	calamitōsum	calamitōsam	calamitōsum		calamitōsōs	calamitōsās	calamitōsa
Ablative	calamitōsō	calamitōsā	calamitōsō		calamitōsīs
Vocative	calamitōse	calamitōsa	calamitōsum		calamitōsī	calamitōsae	calamitōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: calamitós
• English: calamitous
• French: calamiteux
• Galician: calamitoso
• Italian: calamitoso
• Occitan: calamitós
• Portuguese: calamitoso
• Romanian: calamitos
• Spanish: calamitoso

References

• “calamitosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “calamitosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calamitosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.