fungosus

Latin

Etymology

From fungus +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /funˈɡoː.sus/, [fʊŋˈɡoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /funˈɡo.sus/, [fuŋˈɡɔːs̬us]

Adjective

fungōsus (feminine fungōsa, neuter fungōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. spongy, fungous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fungōsus	fungōsa	fungōsum		fungōsī	fungōsae	fungōsa
Genitive	fungōsī	fungōsae	fungōsī		fungōsōrum	fungōsārum	fungōsōrum
Dative	fungōsō		fungōsō		fungōsīs
Accusative	fungōsum	fungōsam	fungōsum		fungōsōs	fungōsās	fungōsa
Ablative	fungōsō	fungōsā	fungōsō		fungōsīs
Vocative	fungōse	fungōsa	fungōsum		fungōsī	fungōsae	fungōsa

Descendants

• English: fungous
• French: fongueux
• Italian: fungoso
• Portuguese: fungoso
• Spanish: hongoso

References

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