carnosus

Latin

Etymology

From carō / carnis (“flesh”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /karˈnoː.sus/, [kärˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈno.sus/, [kärˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

carnōsus (feminine carnōsa, neuter carnōsum, comparative carnōsior); first/second-declension adjective

1. fleshy, abounding in flesh
2. (of plants) succulent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	carnōsus	carnōsa	carnōsum		carnōsī	carnōsae	carnōsa
Genitive	carnōsī	carnōsae	carnōsī		carnōsōrum	carnōsārum	carnōsōrum
Dative	carnōsō		carnōsō		carnōsīs
Accusative	carnōsum	carnōsam	carnōsum		carnōsōs	carnōsās	carnōsa
Ablative	carnōsō	carnōsā	carnōsō		carnōsīs
Vocative	carnōse	carnōsa	carnōsum		carnōsī	carnōsae	carnōsa

Synonyms

• (fleshy): mūsculōsus

Related terms

• carō

Descendants

• Aromanian: cãrnos
• Asturian: carnosu
• Catalan: carnós
• French: charneux
• Friulian: cjarnôs
• Italian: carnoso

• Occitan: carnós
• Portuguese: carnoso
• Romanian: cărnos
• Sicilian: carnusu
• Spanish: carnoso
• Venetian: carnoxo

References

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