onerosus

Latin

Etymology

From onus (“burden”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o.neˈroː.sus/, [ɔnɛˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.neˈro.sus/, [oneˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

onerōsus (feminine onerōsa, neuter onerōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. burdensome, heavy, oppressive
2. onerous, irksome

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	onerōsus	onerōsa	onerōsum		onerōsī	onerōsae	onerōsa
Genitive	onerōsī	onerōsae	onerōsī		onerōsōrum	onerōsārum	onerōsōrum
Dative	onerōsō		onerōsō		onerōsīs
Accusative	onerōsum	onerōsam	onerōsum		onerōsōs	onerōsās	onerōsa
Ablative	onerōsō	onerōsā	onerōsō		onerōsīs
Vocative	onerōse	onerōsa	onerōsum		onerōsī	onerōsae	onerōsa

Related terms

• onus

Descendants

• Old French: onereus
  • Middle French: onereux
    • French: onéreux, onéreuse
    • → Middle English: onerous
      • English: onerous
• Spanish: oneroso, onerosa

References

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