cerosus

See also: cerošus

Latin

Etymology

From cēra +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /keːˈroː.sus/, [keːˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈro.sus/, [t͡ʃeˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

cērōsus (feminine cērōsa, neuter cērōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of wax; waxy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cērōsus	cērōsa	cērōsum		cērōsī	cērōsae	cērōsa
Genitive	cērōsī	cērōsae	cērōsī		cērōsōrum	cērōsārum	cērōsōrum
Dative	cērōsō		cērōsō		cērōsīs
Accusative	cērōsum	cērōsam	cērōsum		cērōsōs	cērōsās	cērōsa
Ablative	cērōsō	cērōsā	cērōsō		cērōsīs
Vocative	cērōse	cērōsa	cērōsum		cērōsī	cērōsae	cērōsa

Related terms

• cēra

Descendants

• Catalan: cerós
• French: cireux
• Italian: ceroso
• Occitan: cerós
• Portuguese: ceroso
• Romanian: ceros
• Spanish: ceroso

References

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