controversiosus

Latin

Etymology

contrōversus (“controversial”) +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.troː.u̯er.siˈoː.sus/, [kɔn̪t̪roːu̯ɛrs̠iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tro.ver.siˈo.sus/, [kon̪t̪roversiˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

contrōversiōsus (feminine contrōversiōsa, neuter contrōversiōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) highly controversial, subject to much dispute

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contrōversiōsus	contrōversiōsa	contrōversiōsum		contrōversiōsī	contrōversiōsae	contrōversiōsa
Genitive	contrōversiōsī	contrōversiōsae	contrōversiōsī		contrōversiōsōrum	contrōversiōsārum	contrōversiōsōrum
Dative	contrōversiōsō		contrōversiōsō		contrōversiōsīs
Accusative	contrōversiōsum	contrōversiōsam	contrōversiōsum		contrōversiōsōs	contrōversiōsās	contrōversiōsa
Ablative	contrōversiōsō	contrōversiōsā	contrōversiōsō		contrōversiōsīs
Vocative	contrōversiōse	contrōversiōsa	contrōversiōsum		contrōversiōsī	contrōversiōsae	contrōversiōsa

References

• “controversiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “controversiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers