obtusus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈtuː.sus/, [ɔpˈt̪uːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈtu.sus/, [obˈt̪uːs̬us]

Adjective

obtūsus (feminine obtūsa, neuter obtūsum, comparative obtūsior); first/second-declension adjective

1. blunt, dull, obtuse

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	obtūsus	obtūsa	obtūsum		obtūsī	obtūsae	obtūsa
Genitive	obtūsī	obtūsae	obtūsī		obtūsōrum	obtūsārum	obtūsōrum
Dative	obtūsō		obtūsō		obtūsīs
Accusative	obtūsum	obtūsam	obtūsum		obtūsōs	obtūsās	obtūsa
Ablative	obtūsō	obtūsā	obtūsō		obtūsīs
Vocative	obtūse	obtūsa	obtūsum		obtūsī	obtūsae	obtūsa

Related terms

• obtundo

Descendants

• French: obtus
• Portuguese: obtuso
• Spanish: obtuso

References

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