montuosus

Latin

Alternative forms

• montōsus

Etymology

From mōns (“mountain”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”, suffix forming an augmentative adjective).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mon.tuˈoː.sus/, [mɔn̪t̪uˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mon.tuˈo.sus/, [mon̪t̪uˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

montuōsus (feminine montuōsa, neuter montuōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. mountainous, full of mountains

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	montuōsus	montuōsa	montuōsum		montuōsī	montuōsae	montuōsa
Genitive	montuōsī	montuōsae	montuōsī		montuōsōrum	montuōsārum	montuōsōrum
Dative	montuōsō		montuōsō		montuōsīs
Accusative	montuōsum	montuōsam	montuōsum		montuōsōs	montuōsās	montuōsa
Ablative	montuōsō	montuōsā	montuōsō		montuōsīs
Vocative	montuōse	montuōsa	montuōsum		montuōsī	montuōsae	montuōsa

Descendants

• Aromanian: muntos
• French: montueux
• Italian: montuoso
• Middle English: mountuous, mountewous, montuous
  • English: montuous
• Portuguese: montuoso
• Romanian: muntos
• Spanish: montuoso

References

• “montuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “montuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• montuosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • rough and hilly ground: loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)