viscosus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From viscum (“mistletoe, birdlime”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯isˈkoː.sus/, [u̯ɪs̠ˈkoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /visˈko.sus/, [visˈkɔːs̬us]
Adjective edit
viscōsus (feminine viscōsa, neuter viscōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Late Latin) full of birdlime, viscous, sticky
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | viscōsus | viscōsa | viscōsum | viscōsī | viscōsae | viscōsa | |
| Genitive | viscōsī | viscōsae | viscōsī | viscōsōrum | viscōsārum | viscōsōrum | |
| Dative | viscōsō | viscōsō | viscōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | viscōsum | viscōsam | viscōsum | viscōsōs | viscōsās | viscōsa | |
| Ablative | viscōsō | viscōsā | viscōsō | viscōsīs | |||
| Vocative | viscōse | viscōsa | viscōsum | viscōsī | viscōsae | viscōsa | |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “viscosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- viscosus 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)
- viscosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- L&S