frontosus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From frons (forehead) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

frontōsus (feminine frontōsa, neuter frontōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (of Janus) having multiple foreheads
  2. (figuratively) shameless, bold, foreward

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative frontōsus frontōsa frontōsum frontōsī frontōsae frontōsa
Genitive frontōsī frontōsae frontōsī frontōsōrum frontōsārum frontōsōrum
Dative frontōsō frontōsō frontōsīs
Accusative frontōsum frontōsam frontōsum frontōsōs frontōsās frontōsa
Ablative frontōsō frontōsā frontōsō frontōsīs
Vocative frontōse frontōsa frontōsum frontōsī frontōsae frontōsa

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • frontosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • frontosus 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)
  • frontosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • frontosus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016