herbosus

Latin

Etymology

From herba (“grass, vegetation”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /herˈboː.sus/, [hɛrˈboːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈbo.sus/, [erˈbɔːs̬us]

Adjective

herbōsus (feminine herbōsa, neuter herbōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. grassy, full of grass or herbs
2. grass-colored

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	herbōsus	herbōsa	herbōsum		herbōsī	herbōsae	herbōsa
Genitive	herbōsī	herbōsae	herbōsī		herbōsōrum	herbōsārum	herbōsōrum
Dative	herbōsō		herbōsō		herbōsīs
Accusative	herbōsum	herbōsam	herbōsum		herbōsōs	herbōsās	herbōsa
Ablative	herbōsō	herbōsā	herbōsō		herbōsīs
Vocative	herbōse	herbōsa	herbōsum		herbōsī	herbōsae	herbōsa

Related terms

• herba
• herbāceus
• herbāns
• herbāria
• herbārius

• herbāticus
• herbeus
• herbidus
• herbifer

• herbilis
• herbipotens
• herbula
• herbuscula

Descendants

• Aromanian: irbos
• Catalan: herbós
• English: herbose
• French: herbeux
• Friulian: jerbôs
• Italian: erboso

• Portuguese: herboso
• Romanian: ierbos
• Sicilian: irvusu, irbusu
• Spanish: herboso
• Venetian: erboso, erboxo

References

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