fragosus

Latin

Etymology

From fragor (“breaking; crash, noise”) +‎ -ōsus, from frangō (“break”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fraˈɡoː.sus/, [fräˈɡoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fraˈɡo.sus/, [fräˈɡɔːs̬us]

Adjective

fragōsus (feminine fragōsa, neuter fragōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. fragile, brittle
2. crashing, roaring, rushing
3. rough, uneven, rugged
4. (figuratively, of speech) uneven, unequal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fragōsus	fragōsa	fragōsum		fragōsī	fragōsae	fragōsa
Genitive	fragōsī	fragōsae	fragōsī		fragōsōrum	fragōsārum	fragōsōrum
Dative	fragōsō		fragōsō		fragōsīs
Accusative	fragōsum	fragōsam	fragōsum		fragōsōs	fragōsās	fragōsa
Ablative	fragōsō	fragōsā	fragōsō		fragōsīs
Vocative	fragōse	fragōsa	fragōsum		fragōsī	fragōsae	fragōsa

Derived terms

• fragōsē

Related terms

• fragilis
• fragilitās
• fragium
• fragmen
• fragmentum
• fragor
• frangō

Descendants

• Galician: fragoso
• Portuguese: fragoso
• Spanish: fragoso

References

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