fruticosus

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fruticosus.

Adjective

fruticosus

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

Derived terms

• Salvia fruticosa

 

Latin

Etymology

From frutex (“bush, shrub”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fru.tiˈkoː.sus/, [frʊt̪ɪˈkoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fru.tiˈko.sus/, [frut̪iˈkɔːs̬us]

Adjective

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

1. (botany) bushy, shrubby; fruticose

   Synonyms: frutescens, fruticans

Declension

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

Derived terms

• fruticulosus

Related terms

• frutico

Descendants

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

References

• “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.