verminosus

Latin

Etymology

From vermis (“worm”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯er.miˈnoː.sus/, [u̯ɛrmɪˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver.miˈno.sus/, [vermiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

verminōsus (feminine verminōsa, neuter verminōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of worms

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	verminōsus	verminōsa	verminōsum		verminōsī	verminōsae	verminōsa
Genitive	verminōsī	verminōsae	verminōsī		verminōsōrum	verminōsārum	verminōsōrum
Dative	verminōsō		verminōsō		verminōsīs
Accusative	verminōsum	verminōsam	verminōsum		verminōsōs	verminōsās	verminōsa
Ablative	verminōsō	verminōsā	verminōsō		verminōsīs
Vocative	verminōse	verminōsa	verminōsum		verminōsī	verminōsae	verminōsa

Related terms

• vermiculātē
• vermiculātiō
• vermiculātus
• vermiculor
• vermiculōsus
• vermiculus
• vermifluus
• vermina
• verminātiō
• verminō
• vermis

Descendants

• Aromanian: yirminos, yirminosu, yirmãnos
• French: vermineux
• Italian: verminoso
• Piedmontese: verminus
• Portuguese: verminoso
• Romanian: viermănos
• Spanish: verminoso

References

• “verminosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• verminosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.