perosus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of perōdī (“hate very much”), also analysable as an intensified form of per- +‎ ōsus, the perfect participle of ōdī. It replaced the prefix-less form in this function by the end of the Republic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /peˈroː.sus/, [pɛˈroːsʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈro.sus/, [peˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

perōsus (feminine perōsa, neuter perōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (active voice) hating, loathing, detesting, abhorring
2. (passive voice, Late Latin) hated, loathed, hateful, odious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	perōsus	perōsa	perōsum		perōsī	perōsae	perōsa
genitive	perōsī	perōsae	perōsī		perōsōrum	perōsārum	perōsōrum
dative	perōsō	perōsae	perōsō		perōsīs
accusative	perōsum	perōsam	perōsum		perōsōs	perōsās	perōsa
ablative	perōsō	perōsā	perōsō		perōsīs
vocative	perōse	perōsa	perōsum		perōsī	perōsae	perōsa

Related terms

• ōsus
• exōsus
• ōdī

References

• “perosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “perōsus” on page 647 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)