Latin

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Etymology

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From fētus (fruitful, productive) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fētōsus (feminine fētōsa, neuter fētōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. prolific

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fētōsus fētōsa fētōsum fētōsī fētōsae fētōsa
Genitive fētōsī fētōsae fētōsī fētōsōrum fētōsārum fētōsōrum
Dative fētōsō fētōsō fētōsīs
Accusative fētōsum fētōsam fētōsum fētōsōs fētōsās fētōsa
Ablative fētōsō fētōsā fētōsō fētōsīs
Vocative fētōse fētōsa fētōsum fētōsī fētōsae fētōsa
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Descendants

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  • →? Old Albanian: *fosh

References

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  • fetosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fetosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.