arboreus

Latin

Alternative forms

• arborius

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥dʰōs

Proto-Italic *arðōs

Old Latin arbōs

Latin arbor

Latin -eus

Latin arboreus

From arbor + -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [arˈbɔ.re.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [arˈbɔː.re.us]

Adjective

arboreus (feminine arborea, neuter arboreum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) tree; tree-like, wooden

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	arboreus	arborea	arboreum		arboreī	arboreae	arborea
genitive	arboreī	arboreae	arboreī		arboreōrum	arboreārum	arboreōrum
dative	arboreō	arboreae	arboreō		arboreīs
accusative	arboreum	arboream	arboreum		arboreōs	arboreās	arborea
ablative	arboreō	arboreā	arboreō		arboreīs
vocative	arboree	arborea	arboreum		arboreī	arboreae	arborea

Related terms

• arbor

Descendants

• → Catalan: arbori
• → English: arboreous
• → Galician: arbóreo
• → Italian: arboreo
• → Portuguese: arbóreo
• → Spanish: arbóreo

References

• “arboreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “arboreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “arboreus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.