Latin edit

Etymology edit

From lūctus (mourning, lamentation) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

lūctuōsus (feminine lūctuōsa, neuter lūctuōsum, comparative lūctuōsior, superlative lūctuōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. sorrowful, sad
  2. lamentable, doleful, mournful

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lūctuōsus lūctuōsa lūctuōsum lūctuōsī lūctuōsae lūctuōsa
Genitive lūctuōsī lūctuōsae lūctuōsī lūctuōsōrum lūctuōsārum lūctuōsōrum
Dative lūctuōsō lūctuōsō lūctuōsīs
Accusative lūctuōsum lūctuōsam lūctuōsum lūctuōsōs lūctuōsās lūctuōsa
Ablative lūctuōsō lūctuōsā lūctuōsō lūctuōsīs
Vocative lūctuōse lūctuōsa lūctuōsum lūctuōsī lūctuōsae lūctuōsa

Descendants edit

  • Galician: loitosa; luctuoso (borrowing)
  • Romanian: luctuos (borrowing)

References edit

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