formidulosus

Latin

Alternative forms

• formīdolōsus

Etymology

From formīdō (“fear, dread”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ose, -ful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /for.miː.duˈloː.sus/, [fɔrmiːd̪ʊˈɫ̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /for.mi.duˈlo.sus/, [formid̪uˈlɔːs̬us]

Adjective

formīdulōsus (feminine formīdulōsa, neuter formīdulōsum, superlative formīdulōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. frightened, fearful, timid
2. frightening, fearsome, dreadful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	formīdulōsus	formīdulōsa	formīdulōsum		formīdulōsī	formīdulōsae	formīdulōsa
Genitive	formīdulōsī	formīdulōsae	formīdulōsī		formīdulōsōrum	formīdulōsārum	formīdulōsōrum
Dative	formīdulōsō		formīdulōsō		formīdulōsīs
Accusative	formīdulōsum	formīdulōsam	formīdulōsum		formīdulōsōs	formīdulōsās	formīdulōsa
Ablative	formīdulōsō	formīdulōsā	formīdulōsō		formīdulōsīs
Vocative	formīdulōse	formīdulōsa	formīdulōsum		formīdulōsī	formīdulōsae	formīdulōsa

Descendants

• Portuguese: formidoloso

References

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