strigosus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From striga (furrow, strip) +‎ -ōsus (full of), referring to the hollow grooves between the ribs that appear in lean bodies.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

strigōsus (feminine strigōsa, neuter strigōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. lean, meagre

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative strigōsus strigōsa strigōsum strigōsī strigōsae strigōsa
Genitive strigōsī strigōsae strigōsī strigōsōrum strigōsārum strigōsōrum
Dative strigōsō strigōsō strigōsīs
Accusative strigōsum strigōsam strigōsum strigōsōs strigōsās strigōsa
Ablative strigōsō strigōsā strigōsō strigōsīs
Vocative strigōse strigōsa strigōsum strigōsī strigōsae strigōsa

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • strigosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • strigosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • strigosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • strigosus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung