hirsutus

Latin

Etymology

From hirtus (primary form hirsus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hiːrˈsuː.tus/, [hiːrˈs̠uːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /irˈsu.tus/, [irˈsuːt̪us]

Adjective

hīrsūtus (feminine hīrsūta, neuter hīrsūtum, comparative hīrsūtior, superlative hīrsūtissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly
2. hairy, hirsute

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hīrsūtus	hīrsūta	hīrsūtum		hīrsūtī	hīrsūtae	hīrsūta
Genitive	hīrsūtī	hīrsūtae	hīrsūtī		hīrsūtōrum	hīrsūtārum	hīrsūtōrum
Dative	hīrsūtō		hīrsūtō		hīrsūtīs
Accusative	hīrsūtum	hīrsūtam	hīrsūtum		hīrsūtōs	hīrsūtās	hīrsūta
Ablative	hīrsūtō	hīrsūtā	hīrsūtō		hīrsūtīs
Vocative	hīrsūte	hīrsūta	hīrsūtum		hīrsūtī	hīrsūtae	hīrsūta

Descendants

• Catalan: hirsut
• English: hirsute
• French: hirsute
• Galician: hirsuto
• Italian: irsuto
• Portuguese: hirsuto
• Spanish: hirsuto

References

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