nervosus

Latin

Etymology

From nervus (“sinew, energy”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nerˈu̯oː.sus/, [nɛrˈu̯oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nerˈvo.sus/, [nerˈvɔːs̬us]

Adjective

nervōsus (feminine nervōsa, neuter nervōsum, comparative nervōsior); first/second-declension adjective

1. sinewy
2. nervous
3. vigorous, energetic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nervōsus	nervōsa	nervōsum		nervōsī	nervōsae	nervōsa
Genitive	nervōsī	nervōsae	nervōsī		nervōsōrum	nervōsārum	nervōsōrum
Dative	nervōsō		nervōsō		nervōsīs
Accusative	nervōsum	nervōsam	nervōsum		nervōsōs	nervōsās	nervōsa
Ablative	nervōsō	nervōsā	nervōsō		nervōsīs
Vocative	nervōse	nervōsa	nervōsum		nervōsī	nervōsae	nervōsa

Derived terms

• nervōsē

Related terms

• nervus

Descendants

• Italian: nervoso
• Sicilian: nirbusu
• → Middle English: nervous
  • English: nervous
• → Middle French: nerveux
  • French: nerveux
    • → Norman: nèrveux
• → Galician: nervioso
• → Portuguese: nervoso
• → Romanian: nervos
• → Spanish: nervioso, nervoso
• → Welsh: nerfus

References

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