litigiosus

Latin

Etymology

From lītigium +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liː.ti.ɡiˈoː.sus/, [lʲiːt̪ɪɡiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.ti.d͡ʒiˈo.sus/, [lit̪id͡ʒiˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

lītigiōsus (feminine lītigiōsa, neuter lītigiōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. quarrelsome
2. contentious, litigious
3. disputed, contested

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lītigiōsus	lītigiōsa	lītigiōsum		lītigiōsī	lītigiōsae	lītigiōsa
Genitive	lītigiōsī	lītigiōsae	lītigiōsī		lītigiōsōrum	lītigiōsārum	lītigiōsōrum
Dative	lītigiōsō		lītigiōsō		lītigiōsīs
Accusative	lītigiōsum	lītigiōsam	lītigiōsum		lītigiōsōs	lītigiōsās	lītigiōsa
Ablative	lītigiōsō	lītigiōsā	lītigiōsō		lītigiōsīs
Vocative	lītigiōse	lītigiōsa	lītigiōsum		lītigiōsī	lītigiōsae	lītigiōsa

Descendants

• → French: litigieux (learned)

References

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