torosus
Latin
Etymology
From torus (“muscle, flesh”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /toˈroː.sus/, [t̪ɔˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /toˈro.sus/, [t̪oˈrɔːs̬us]
Adjective
torōsus (feminine torōsa, neuter torōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- muscular, brawny, fleshy
- (figuratively) fleshy (e.g., of a plant)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | torōsus | torōsa | torōsum | torōsī | torōsae | torōsa | |
| Genitive | torōsī | torōsae | torōsī | torōsōrum | torōsārum | torōsōrum | |
| Dative | torōsō | torōsō | torōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | torōsum | torōsam | torōsum | torōsōs | torōsās | torōsa | |
| Ablative | torōsō | torōsā | torōsō | torōsīs | |||
| Vocative | torōse | torōsa | torōsum | torōsī | torōsae | torōsa | |
Related terms
References
- “torosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “torosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- torosus 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)
- torosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- torosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016