leprosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin lepra

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.

Latin -ōsus

Latin leprōsus

From lepra (“leprosy”) + -ōsus (“-ose”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

leprōsus (feminine leprōsa, neuter leprōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) leprous, having leprosy or the appearance of leprosy
2. (New Latin, botany) leprose, having a scaly appearance

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	leprōsus	leprōsa	leprōsum		leprōsī	leprōsae	leprōsa
genitive	leprōsī	leprōsae	leprōsī		leprōsōrum	leprōsārum	leprōsōrum
dative	leprōsō	leprōsae	leprōsō		leprōsīs
accusative	leprōsum	leprōsam	leprōsum		leprōsōs	leprōsās	leprōsa
ablative	leprōsō	leprōsā	leprōsō		leprōsīs
vocative	leprōse	leprōsa	leprōsum		leprōsī	leprōsae	leprōsa

Derived terms

• leprōsia, leprōsārium

Related terms

• lepra

Descendants

• English: leprous, leprose
• Italian: leproso
• Spanish: leproso
• → Translingual: Leprosa

References

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