caliginosus

Latin

Alternative forms

• cālīgōsus

Etymology

From cālīgō (“fog; darkness”) +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaː.liː.ɡiˈnoː.sus/, [käːlʲiːɡɪˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.li.d͡ʒiˈno.sus/, [kälid͡ʒiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

cālīginōsus (feminine cālīginōsa, neuter cālīginōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of mist, covered with mist, misty, foggy; cloudy
2. (by extension) dark, obscure, gloomy
3. (figuratively) uncertain, dark, obscure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cālīginōsus	cālīginōsa	cālīginōsum		cālīginōsī	cālīginōsae	cālīginōsa
Genitive	cālīginōsī	cālīginōsae	cālīginōsī		cālīginōsōrum	cālīginōsārum	cālīginōsōrum
Dative	cālīginōsō		cālīginōsō		cālīginōsīs
Accusative	cālīginōsum	cālīginōsam	cālīginōsum		cālīginōsōs	cālīginōsās	cālīginōsa
Ablative	cālīginōsō	cālīginōsā	cālīginōsō		cālīginōsīs
Vocative	cālīginōse	cālīginōsa	cālīginōsum		cālīginōsī	cālīginōsae	cālīginōsa

Synonyms

• (cloudy): nūbilōsus, nūbilus
• (dark, obscure): caecus, cnephōsus, nebulōsus, obscūrus, tenebricōsus
• (misty, foggy): nebulōsus

Related terms

• cālīgātiō
• cālīgineus
• cālīgō

Descendants

• Catalan: caliginós
• English: caliginous
• French: caligineux

• Italian: caliginoso
• Portuguese: caliginoso
• Spanish: caliginoso

References

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