frondosus

Latin

Etymology

From frons (“leafy branch”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [frɔnˈdoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fron̪ˈd̪ɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

frondōsus (feminine frondōsa, neuter frondōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. leafy, full of leaves

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frondōsus	frondōsa	frondōsum		frondōsī	frondōsae	frondōsa
genitive	frondōsī	frondōsae	frondōsī		frondōsōrum	frondōsārum	frondōsōrum
dative	frondōsō	frondōsae	frondōsō		frondōsīs
accusative	frondōsum	frondōsam	frondōsum		frondōsōs	frondōsās	frondōsa
ablative	frondōsō	frondōsā	frondōsō		frondōsīs
vocative	frondōse	frondōsa	frondōsum		frondōsī	frondōsae	frondōsa

Related terms

• frondātor
• frondeō
• frondescō
• frondeus
• frondifer
• frons

Descendants

• Catalan: frondós
• English: frondose
• Galician: frondoso
• Italian: frondoso
• Portuguese: frondoso
• Serbo-Croatian: fronclav
• Spanish: frondoso

References

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