-osus

See also: osus and ošus

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin -ōsos from *-ōnt-to-s 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-. See -entus and Ancient Greek -εις (-eis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.sus/, [ˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.sus/, [ˈɔːs̬us]

Suffix

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

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

Usage notes

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

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

Latin terms suffixed with -osus

Descendants

• Aromanian: -os
• Asturian: -osu
• Catalan: -ós
• Danish -øs
• Dutch -eus
• English: -ose, -ous
• French: -eux, -ose
• Friulian: -ôs
• Galician: -oso
• German: -ös, -os
• Italian: -oso

• Maltese: -uż
• Norwegian: -øs
• Occitan: -ós
• Portuguese: -oso
• Romanian: -os
• Sardinian: -osu, -ossu
• Sicilian: -usu, -osu
• Spanish: -oso
• Swedish: -ös
• Venetian: -oxo, -óxo
• Welsh: -us