Latin

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Etymology

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From spīna (thorn) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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spīnōsus (feminine spīnōsa, neuter spīnōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. thorny, prickly

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative spīnōsus spīnōsa spīnōsum spīnōsī spīnōsae spīnōsa
Genitive spīnōsī spīnōsae spīnōsī spīnōsōrum spīnōsārum spīnōsōrum
Dative spīnōsō spīnōsō spīnōsīs
Accusative spīnōsum spīnōsam spīnōsum spīnōsōs spīnōsās spīnōsa
Ablative spīnōsō spīnōsā spīnōsō spīnōsīs
Vocative spīnōse spīnōsa spīnōsum spīnōsī spīnōsae spīnōsa

Descendants

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  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: schinos
    • Romanian: spinos
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:
  • English: spinose, spinous

References

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