libidinosus

Latin

Etymology

From libīdō, libīdinis +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /li.biː.diˈnoː.sus/, [lʲɪbiːd̪ɪˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.bi.diˈno.sus/, [libid̪iˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

libīdinōsus (feminine libīdinōsa, neuter libīdinōsum, comparative libīdinōsior, superlative libīdinōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. libidinous, licentious, lecherous
2. passionate
3. yearning for something

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	libīdinōsus	libīdinōsa	libīdinōsum		libīdinōsī	libīdinōsae	libīdinōsa
Genitive	libīdinōsī	libīdinōsae	libīdinōsī		libīdinōsōrum	libīdinōsārum	libīdinōsōrum
Dative	libīdinōsō		libīdinōsō		libīdinōsīs
Accusative	libīdinōsum	libīdinōsam	libīdinōsum		libīdinōsōs	libīdinōsās	libīdinōsa
Ablative	libīdinōsō	libīdinōsā	libīdinōsō		libīdinōsīs
Vocative	libīdinōse	libīdinōsa	libīdinōsum		libīdinōsī	libīdinōsae	libīdinōsa

Related terms

• libet
• libīdinōsē
• libīdinōsitās
• libīdō
• libita

Descendants

• → Catalan: libidinós
• → Galician: libidinoso
• → Italian: libidinoso
• → Middle English: libidinous
  • English: libidinous
• → Old French: libidineus
  • French: libidineux
    • → German: libidinös
    • → Romanian: libidinos
• → Portuguese: libidinoso
• → Spanish: libidinoso

References

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