perosus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect active participle of perōdī (“hate very much”), also analysable as an intensified form of per- + ōsus, the perfect participle of ōdī. It replaced the prefix-less form in this function by the end of the Republic.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛˈroː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈrɔː.s̬us]
Adjective
[edit]perōsus (feminine perōsa, neuter perōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (active voice) hating, loathing, detesting, abhorring
- (passive voice, Late Latin) hated, loathed, hateful, odious
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | perōsus | perōsa | perōsum | perōsī | perōsae | perōsa | |
| genitive | perōsī | perōsae | perōsī | perōsōrum | perōsārum | perōsōrum | |
| dative | perōsō | perōsae | perōsō | perōsīs | |||
| accusative | perōsum | perōsam | perōsum | perōsōs | perōsās | perōsa | |
| ablative | perōsō | perōsā | perōsō | perōsīs | |||
| vocative | perōse | perōsa | perōsum | perōsī | perōsae | perōsa | |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “perosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “perosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “perōsus” on page 647 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)