flexuosus

Latin

Etymology

From flexus (“a bending”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɫɛk.suˈoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fleɡ.zuˈɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

flexuōsus (feminine flexuōsa, neuter flexuōsum, superlative flexuōsissimus, adverb flexuōsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. tortuous, flexuous, crooked
2. sinuous, winding, circuitous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	flexuōsus	flexuōsa	flexuōsum		flexuōsī	flexuōsae	flexuōsa
genitive	flexuōsī	flexuōsae	flexuōsī		flexuōsōrum	flexuōsārum	flexuōsōrum
dative	flexuōsō	flexuōsae	flexuōsō		flexuōsīs
accusative	flexuōsum	flexuōsam	flexuōsum		flexuōsōs	flexuōsās	flexuōsa
ablative	flexuōsō	flexuōsā	flexuōsō		flexuōsīs
vocative	flexuōse	flexuōsa	flexuōsum		flexuōsī	flexuōsae	flexuōsa

Derived terms

• īnflexuōsus

References

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