monstruosus

Latin

Alternative forms

• mōnstrōsus

Etymology

From mōnstrum (“portent, monstrosity”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”, suffix forming an augmentative adjective).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mon.struˈoː.sus/, [mõːs̠t̪ruˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mon.struˈo.sus/, [monst̪ruˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

mōnstruōsus (feminine mōnstruōsa, neuter mōnstruōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. strange, preternatural, monstrous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mōnstruōsus	mōnstruōsa	mōnstruōsum		mōnstruōsī	mōnstruōsae	mōnstruōsa
Genitive	mōnstruōsī	mōnstruōsae	mōnstruōsī		mōnstruōsōrum	mōnstruōsārum	mōnstruōsōrum
Dative	mōnstruōsō		mōnstruōsō		mōnstruōsīs
Accusative	mōnstruōsum	mōnstruōsam	mōnstruōsum		mōnstruōsōs	mōnstruōsās	mōnstruōsa
Ablative	mōnstruōsō	mōnstruōsā	mōnstruōsō		mōnstruōsīs
Vocative	mōnstruōse	mōnstruōsa	mōnstruōsum		mōnstruōsī	mōnstruōsae	mōnstruōsa

Descendants

• Asturian: monstruosu
• English: monstrous
• French: monstrueux
• Galician: monstruoso
• Italian: mostruoso
• Portuguese: monstruoso
• Romanian: monstruos
• Spanish: monstruoso

References

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