onerosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃enh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os

Proto-Italic *onos

Latin onus

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos

Latin -ōsus

Latin onerōsus

From onus (“burden”) + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔ.nɛˈroː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.neˈrɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	onerōsus	onerōsa	onerōsum		onerōsī	onerōsae	onerōsa
genitive	onerōsī	onerōsae	onerōsī		onerōsōrum	onerōsārum	onerōsōrum
dative	onerōsō	onerōsae	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.