ponderosus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pon.deˈroː.sus/, [pɔn̪d̪ɛˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pon.deˈro.sus/, [pon̪d̪eˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

ponderōsus (feminine ponderōsa, neuter ponderōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. heavy, weighty, ponderous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ponderōsus	ponderōsa	ponderōsum		ponderōsī	ponderōsae	ponderōsa
Genitive	ponderōsī	ponderōsae	ponderōsī		ponderōsōrum	ponderōsārum	ponderōsōrum
Dative	ponderōsō		ponderōsō		ponderōsīs
Accusative	ponderōsum	ponderōsam	ponderōsum		ponderōsōs	ponderōsās	ponderōsa
Ablative	ponderōsō	ponderōsā	ponderōsō		ponderōsīs
Vocative	ponderōse	ponderōsa	ponderōsum		ponderōsī	ponderōsae	ponderōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: ponderós
• → English: ponderous
• French: pondéreux
• Italian: ponderoso
• Portuguese: ponderoso
• Spanish: ponderoso

References

• “ponderosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ponderosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ponderosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ponderosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.