algosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin alga

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin algōsus

From alga + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫˈɡoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [alˈɡɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

algōsus (feminine algōsa, neuter algōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Abounding or covered in seaweed.
   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 32.95

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	algōsus	algōsa	algōsum		algōsī	algōsae	algōsa
genitive	algōsī	algōsae	algōsī		algōsōrum	algōsārum	algōsōrum
dative	algōsō	algōsae	algōsō		algōsīs
accusative	algōsum	algōsam	algōsum		algōsōs	algōsās	algōsa
ablative	algōsō	algōsā	algōsō		algōsīs
vocative	algōse	algōsa	algōsum		algōsī	algōsae	algōsa

Related terms

• alga
• algensis

Descendants

• Italian: algoso

References

• “algosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “algosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.