pecorosus

Latin

Etymology

From pecus, pecor- (“cattle”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ful, -y, -ous”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pe.koˈroː.sus/, [pɛkɔˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.koˈro.sus/, [pekoˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

pecorōsus (feminine pecorōsa, neuter pecorōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (poetic) rich in cattle, abounding in cattle

Declension

First/second-declension adjective

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pecorōsus	pecorōsa	pecorōsum		pecorōsī	pecorōsae	pecorōsa
genitive	pecorōsī	pecorōsae	pecorōsī		pecorōsōrum	pecorōsārum	pecorōsōrum
dative	pecorōsō	pecorōsae	pecorōsō		pecorōsīs
accusative	pecorōsum	pecorōsam	pecorōsum		pecorōsōs	pecorōsās	pecorōsa
ablative	pecorōsō	pecorōsā	pecorōsō		pecorōsīs
vocative	pecorōse	pecorōsa	pecorōsum		pecorōsī	pecorōsae	pecorōsa

Descendants

• Italian: pecoroso

References

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