criminosus

Latin

Etymology

crīmen +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kriː.miˈnoː.sus/, [kriːmɪˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kri.miˈno.sus/, [krimiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

crīminōsus (feminine crīminōsa, neuter crīminōsum, superlative crīminōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. accusatory, reproachful
2. slanderous, vituperative
3. shameful, criminal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	crīminōsus	crīminōsa	crīminōsum		crīminōsī	crīminōsae	crīminōsa
Genitive	crīminōsī	crīminōsae	crīminōsī		crīminōsōrum	crīminōsārum	crīminōsōrum
Dative	crīminōsō		crīminōsō		crīminōsīs
Accusative	crīminōsum	crīminōsam	crīminōsum		crīminōsōs	crīminōsās	crīminōsa
Ablative	crīminōsō	crīminōsā	crīminōsō		crīminōsīs
Vocative	crīminōse	crīminōsa	crīminōsum		crīminōsī	crīminōsae	crīminōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: criminós
• Italian: criminoso
• Portuguese: criminoso

References

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