pulverulentus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom pulvis (“dust”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pul.u̯e.ruˈlen.tus/, [pʊɫ̪u̯ɛrʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pul.ve.ruˈlen.tus/, [pulveruˈlɛn̪t̪us]
Adjective
editpulverulentus (feminine pulverulenta, neuter pulverulentum); first/second-declension adjective
- dusty, pulverulent, full of dust, dust-raising, resembling a cloud of dust
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.153–155:
- [...] aliā dē parte patentīs
trānsmittunt cursū campōs atque agmina cervī
pulverulenta fugā glomerant montīsque relinquunt.- [...] and from another place appear — crossing open ground in their course — stags, gathering dusty herds to flee as they leave the hills.
- [...] aliā dē parte patentīs
- toilsome
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | pulverulentus | pulverulenta | pulverulentum | pulverulentī | pulverulentae | pulverulenta | |
Genitive | pulverulentī | pulverulentae | pulverulentī | pulverulentōrum | pulverulentārum | pulverulentōrum | |
Dative | pulverulentō | pulverulentō | pulverulentīs | ||||
Accusative | pulverulentum | pulverulentam | pulverulentum | pulverulentōs | pulverulentās | pulverulenta | |
Ablative | pulverulentō | pulverulentā | pulverulentō | pulverulentīs | |||
Vocative | pulverulente | pulverulenta | pulverulentum | pulverulentī | pulverulentae | pulverulenta |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → French: pulvérulent
- → Italian: polverulento
References
edit- “pulverulentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pulverulentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pulverulentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.