religiosus

Latin

Etymology

From religiō +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.li.ɡiˈoː.sus/, [rɛlʲɪɡiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.li.d͡ʒiˈo.sus/, [relid͡ʒiˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

religiōsus (feminine religiōsa, neuter religiōsum, comparative religiōsior, superlative religiōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. pious, devout, religious
2. scrupulous
3. sacred, taboo

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	religiōsus	religiōsa	religiōsum		religiōsī	religiōsae	religiōsa
Genitive	religiōsī	religiōsae	religiōsī		religiōsōrum	religiōsārum	religiōsōrum
Dative	religiōsō		religiōsō		religiōsīs
Accusative	religiōsum	religiōsam	religiōsum		religiōsōs	religiōsās	religiōsa
Ablative	religiōsō	religiōsā	religiōsō		religiōsīs
Vocative	religiōse	religiōsa	religiōsum		religiōsī	religiōsae	religiōsa

Descendants

• → Asturian: relixosu
• → Catalan: religiós
• → Galician: relixioso
• → Italian: religioso
• → Maltese: reliġjuż (via a Romance language)
• → Occitan: religiós
• → Old French: religieus, religious, religieux
  • Anglo-Norman: religieus, religius
    • → Middle English: religiouse, religious, religius, religeous
      • English: religious
  • Middle French:
    • → Dutch: religieus
    • French: religieux
      • → Danish: religiøs
      • → German: religiös
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: religiøs
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: religiøs
      • → Romanian: religios
      • → Swedish: religiös
  • Norman: r'ligieux (Jersey)
• → Piedmontese: religios
• → Portuguese: religioso
• → Spanish: religioso

References

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