ignominiosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥

Proto-Italic *nōmn̥

Latin nōmen

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin ignōminia

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin ignōminiōsus

From ignōminia + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋ.noː.mɪ.niˈoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɲ.ɲo.mi.niˈɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

ignōminiōsus (feminine ignōminiōsa, neuter ignōminiōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. disgraced
2. disgraceful, shameful, ignominious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ignōminiōsus	ignōminiōsa	ignōminiōsum		ignōminiōsī	ignōminiōsae	ignōminiōsa
genitive	ignōminiōsī	ignōminiōsae	ignōminiōsī		ignōminiōsōrum	ignōminiōsārum	ignōminiōsōrum
dative	ignōminiōsō	ignōminiōsae	ignōminiōsō		ignōminiōsīs
accusative	ignōminiōsum	ignōminiōsam	ignōminiōsum		ignōminiōsōs	ignōminiōsās	ignōminiōsa
ablative	ignōminiōsō	ignōminiōsā	ignōminiōsō		ignōminiōsīs
vocative	ignōminiōse	ignōminiōsa	ignōminiōsum		ignōminiōsī	ignōminiōsae	ignōminiōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: ignominiós
• French: ignominieux
  • English: ignominious
• Friulian: ignominiôs
• Galician: ignominioso
• Italian: ignominioso
• Portuguese: ignominioso
• Spanish: ignominioso

References

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