pilosus

Latin

Etymology

pilus (“hair”) +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /piˈloː.sus/, [pɪˈɫ̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈlo.sus/, [piˈlɔːs̬us]

Adjective

pilōsus (feminine pilōsa, neuter pilōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hairy, shaggy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pilōsus	pilōsa	pilōsum		pilōsī	pilōsae	pilōsa
Genitive	pilōsī	pilōsae	pilōsī		pilōsōrum	pilōsārum	pilōsōrum
Dative	pilōsō		pilōsō		pilōsīs
Accusative	pilōsum	pilōsam	pilōsum		pilōsōs	pilōsās	pilōsa
Ablative	pilōsō	pilōsā	pilōsō		pilōsīs
Vocative	pilōse	pilōsa	pilōsum		pilōsī	pilōsae	pilōsa

Derived terms

• subpilōsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: piros, pirosu
• Asturian: pelosu
• Catalan: pilós
• English: pilose
• French: pileux
• Friulian: pelôs
• Italian: peloso, piloso
• Portuguese: peloso, piloso
• Romanian: păros
• Sardinian: pilosu, pirosu
• Spanish: peloso, piloso
• Venetian: pelos, peloxo, pełoxo

References

• “pilosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pilosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pilosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pilosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.