-osus

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See also: osus and ošus

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

    From Old Latin -ōsos, from *-ōnt-to-s, from Proto-Italic *-owonssos, from *-o-wont-to-s. The last form is a combination of two Proto-Indo-European suffixes: Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- and Proto-Indo-European *-to-.[1] See -entus and Ancient Greek -εις (-eis).

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Suffix[edit]

    -ōsus (feminine -ōsa, neuter -ōsum); first/second-declension suffix

    1. -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to. Used to form adjectives from nouns.

    Usage notes[edit]

    The suffix -ōsus is added to a noun to form an adjective indicating an abundance of that noun.

    Examples:
    nervōsus (“nervous”), from nervus (“sinew, energy”)
    racēmōsus (“racemose”), from racēmus (“cluster, bunch”)
    ventōsus (“windy”), from ventus (“wind”)

    Declension[edit]

    First/second-declension adjective.

    Number Singular Plural
    Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative -ōsus -ōsa -ōsum -ōsī -ōsae -ōsa
    Genitive -ōsī -ōsae -ōsī -ōsōrum -ōsārum -ōsōrum
    Dative -ōsō -ōsō -ōsīs
    Accusative -ōsum -ōsam -ōsum -ōsōs -ōsās -ōsa
    Ablative -ōsō -ōsā -ōsō -ōsīs
    Vocative -ōse -ōsa -ōsum -ōsī -ōsae -ōsa

    Derived terms[edit]

    Latin terms suffixed with -osus

    Descendants[edit]

    Descendants

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Jean Haudry, L'indo-européen, p. 58
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