mucosus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From mūcus +‎ -ōsus.

Adjective edit

mūcōsus (feminine mūcōsa, neuter mūcōsum); first/second-declension adjective

(Late Latin) slimy

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
Nominative	mūcōsus	mūcōsa	mūcōsum		mūcōsī	mūcōsae	mūcōsa
Genitive	mūcōsī	mūcōsae	mūcōsī		mūcōsōrum	mūcōsārum	mūcōsōrum
Dative	mūcōsō	mūcōsae	mūcōsō		mūcōsīs
Accusative	mūcōsum	mūcōsam	mūcōsum		mūcōsōs	mūcōsās	mūcōsa
Ablative	mūcōsō	mūcōsā	mūcōsō		mūcōsīs
Vocative	mūcōse	mūcōsa	mūcōsum		mūcōsī	mūcōsae	mūcōsa

Descendants edit

Aromanian: mucos
Catalan: mocós
→ Catalan: mucós
→ English: mucous
→ French: muqueux
→ Italian: mucoso
Occitan: mocós
Portuguese: moncoso
→ Portuguese: mucoso
Romanian: mucos
Sardinian: muccosu
Sicilian: muccusu
Spanish: mocoso
→ Spanish: mucoso

References edit

“mucosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mucosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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