Translingual edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin fruticosus.

Adjective edit

fruticosus

  1. (botany) fruticose; used in taxonomic names for organisms

Derived terms edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From frutex (bush, shrub) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

fruticōsus (feminine fruticōsa, neuter fruticōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (botany) bushy, shrubby; fruticose
    Synonyms: frutescens, fruticans

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fruticōsus fruticōsa fruticōsum fruticōsī fruticōsae fruticōsa
Genitive fruticōsī fruticōsae fruticōsī fruticōsōrum fruticōsārum fruticōsōrum
Dative fruticōsō fruticōsō fruticōsīs
Accusative fruticōsum fruticōsam fruticōsum fruticōsōs fruticōsās fruticōsa
Ablative fruticōsō fruticōsā fruticōsō fruticōsīs
Vocative fruticōse fruticōsa fruticōsum fruticōsī fruticōsae fruticōsa

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Descendants edit

  • English: fruticose
  • French: frutiqueux
  • Translingual: fruticosus
  • Portuguese: fruticoso

References edit

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